Ateuchus hoplopygus

Ateuchus hoplopygus (Harold, 1868) Fig. 10B Choeridium hoplopygum Harold, 1868b: 57 (original description). Type locality: Colombia. Name-bearing type: holotype lost (MC, pers. obs.). Choeridium hoplopygum – Harold 1869d: 1007 (catalogue, cited for Colombia). — Gillet 1911b: 53 (catalogue, cited for Colombia). — Balthasar 1939c: 62 (key to species, cited for Colombia). — Blackwelder 1944: 204 (checklist of species, cited for Colombia). Ateuchus hoplopygus – Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 590 (key). — Medina et al. 2001: 137 (checklist for Colombia). Material examined VENEZUELA ‒ Zulia • 1 ♂; Rosário de Perijá; 19 Jul. 2006; no collector; in dung; CEMT. Distribution Colombia and Venezuela (new country record). Subregion of Venezuela Maracaibo Depression. Literature record No previous reports for Venezuela.