Dichotomius tristis

Dichotomius tristis (Luederwaldt, 1923) Fig. 43B Pinotus tristis Luederwaldt, 1923: 12 (original description). Type locality: Venezuela. Name-bearing type: holotype by monotypy (MZSP), not examined. Pinotus tristis – Luederwaldt 1929: 98 (list for Brazil). — Blackwelder 1944: 208 (list). Dichotomius tristis – Roze 1955: 44 (checklist for Venezuela). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 585 (key). — Larsen et al. 2008: 1294 (list). — Krajcik 2012: 91 (list). — Giraldo et al. 2018: 66 (guide). — Montoya-Molina & Vaz-de-Mello 2021: 53 (diagnosis, distribution). Material examined VENEZUELA ‒ Amazonas • 1 spec.; 150 m a.s.l.; Aug. 2003; CEMT • 1 spec.; Atunes. Puerto Ayacucho; 112 m a.s.l.; 13 May 2004; D. García-Favre leg.; CEMT. ‒ Aragua • 1 spec.; Cuyagua; 6 Aug. 2004; D. Garcia leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, Choroni; 29 Jul. 1992; Homburg leg.; CEMT. ‒ Barinas • 5 specs; Andrés Eloy Blanco, Reserva Forestal Caparo, Estación Cachicamo; 07°28′16″ N, 71°03′18″ W; 159 m a.s.l.; 22‒23 Jul. 2014; R. Acconcia and J. Gámez leg.; human faeces; CEMT • 1 spec.; Calderas de Barinas, San Ramón, Finca Valle Encantado; 08°52′49″ N, 70°29′42″ W; 1249 m; 30 Sep. 2010; R. Acconcia leg.; human faeces; CEMT. ‒ La Guaira • 2 specs; Vargas, La Sabana; 10°35′52.65″ N, 66°16′48.61″ W; 22 m a.s.l.; 20 Jul. 2009; H. Martínez, P. Cely, M. Córdova and M. Nuñez leg.; chicken carrion; CEMT. ‒ Táchira • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; San Cristobal, Barrio El Lobo; Apr. 1984; Joffre B. leg.; CEMT • 5 specs; San Cristóbal, Parque Nacional Natural Paramillo; Jul. 1993; J. Blanco leg.; CEMT. Distribution Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, and Brazil. Subregions of Venezuela Coastal mainland, Plains, Peneplain of the Casiquiare River –Upper Orinoco, System of hills and low piedmont mountains of the Guiana Shield, Andes mountains, Central Coast Mountain Range, and Oriental Coast Range. Literature records Luederwaldt 1923: 12 (Venezuela); 1929: 98 (Venezuela). — Blackwelder 1944: 208 (Venezuela). — Roze 1955: 44 (Venezuela: Sucre). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 585 (Venezuela). — Larsen et al. 2008: 1294 (Venezuela: Bolívar: Lago Guri). — Krajcik 2012: 91 (Venezuela). — Montoya-Molina & Vaz-de-Mello 2021: 8, 50 (Venezuela: Amazonas, Aragua, Barinas, La Guaira, Táchira and Yaracuy).