Canthon septemmaculatus subsp. septemmaculatus

Canthon septemmaculatus septemmaculatus (Latreille, 1807) Fig. 17B Ateuchus septemmaculatus Latreille, 1807: 180 (original description). Type locality: Mexico: Veracruz: Xalapa. Name-bearing type: unknown typification status and whereabouts. Ateuchus septemmaculatus — Hoffmannsegg 1817: 38 (catalogue). Canthon septemmaculatus — Harold 1868a: 51 (revision); 1869d: 993 (catalogue). — Gillet 1911b: 33 (catalogue). — Heyne & Taschenberg 1908: 61 (list). — Bruch 1915: 540 (catalogue). — Schmidt 1920: 114 (cited); 1922: 80 (distribution). — Balthasar 1939a: 196 (key). — Pessôa & Lane 1941: 419 (description, distribution). — Blackwelder 1944: 201 (checklist). — Roze 1955: 42 (checklist for Venezuela). — Martínez 1959: 42 (catalogue for Argentina). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 628 (catalogue); 1967: 552 (key). — Halffter & Martínez 1977: 71 (list of group species). — Howden & Young 1981: 23 (comments, distribution). — Blanco 1987: 42 (catalogue). — Escobar 2000: 207 (checklist for Colombia). — Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 191 (checklist for Brazil). — Medina et al. 2001: 136 (checklist for Colombia). — Kohlmann et al. 2007: 29 (atlas). — Solís & Kohlmann 2002: 44 (redescription, distribution). — Medina & Pulido-Herrera 2009: 59 (diversity). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 108 (list). — Giraldo et al. 2018: 30 (guide). — Santos et al. 2018: 46 (list for Acre, Brazil). — Hielkema & Hielkema 2019: 72 (catalogue for the Guianas). — Nieto et al. 2020: 136 (report). Material examined VENEZUELA ‒ Táchira • 1 spec.; Libertador, San Joaquín de Navay; 7.7741° N, 71.6675° W; 550 m a.s.l.; Aug. 2006; T. Good leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; same locality data as for preceding; 7°47′59.99″ N, 71°40′24.24″ W; 655 m a.s.l.; 26 Aug. 2006; T. Good leg.; in human faeces; CEMT. ‒ Guárico • 1 spec.; San Juan de Los Morros; 24 Jul. 1995; L. Melloni leg.; CEMT. ‒ Cojedes • 1 spec.; Hato Piñero, Reserva Natural La Candelaria, main road; 11 Aug. 90; G.C. McGavin leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; Hato Piñero, Reserva Natural La Candelaria; 24 Aug. 90; G.C. McGavin leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; Hato Piñero, Reserva Natural La Candelaria; 30 Aug.–1 Sep. 1990; G.C. McGavin leg.; frog carcass baited pitfall trap; CEMT • 1 spec.; Hato Piñero, road to Reserva Natural La Candelaria; 15 Aug. 1990; G.C. McGavin leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.: Hato Piñero Escorsonero; 17 Aug. 90; G.C. McGavin leg.; CEMT. Distribution Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela. Subregions of Venezuela Maracaibo Depression, Plains, Andes mountains, and Central Coast Mountain Range. Literature records Harold 1868a: 51 (Venezuela). — Pessôa & Lane 1941: 419 (Venezuela). — Blackwelder 1944: 201 (Venezuela).— Roze 1955: 42 (Venezuela: Zulia: Encontrados and Guárico: Sosa). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 628 (Venezuela). — Howden & Young 1981: 23 (Venezuela). — Blanco 1987: 42 (Venezuela: Táchira: La Fría and Coloncito). — Solís & Kohlmann 2002: 44 (Venezuela). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 108 (Venezuela: Aragua [actually, Guárico]: Altagracia de Orituco; Zulia: Rosario de Perijá).