Phanaeus adonis Harold 1863
Creators: name: Edmonds, W. D.
name: Zídek, J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Phanaeus
Phanaeus adonis

description: adonis Harold, 1863 [15]   
 alvarengai Arnaud, 1984 (prim. jr. hom. of alvarengai Pereira and d’Andretta, 1955 –– permanently unavailable; valid name sororibispinus Edmonds and Zidek, see below)   
  amethystinus Harold, 1863  [20]   
  amithaon Harold, 1875b  [19]   
 antiquus Horn, 1876 (uncertain status; fossil)   
 babori Balthasar, 1939 (jr. subj. syn. of nimrod Harold) balthasari Arnaud, 2002b (jr. subj. syn. of tridens Harold)  New Synonymy beltianus Bates, 1887  [19]  bispinus Bates, 1868  [8]  blackalleri Delgado-Castillo, 1991  [20] blanchardi Harold, 1871a (jr. subj. syn. of palaeno Blanchard) blanchardi Olsoufieff, 1924 (jr. prim. hom. of blanchardi Harold –– permanently unavailable; valid name   
 pyrois Bates) bogotensis Kirsch, 1871 (jr. subj. syn. of hermes Harold)  bordoni Arnaud, 1996  [12] borealis Olsoufieff, 1924 (jr. subj. syn. of quadridens [Say]) bothrus Blackwelder, 1944 (jr. subj. syn. of olsoufieffi Balthasar; valid name pyrois Bates)  cambeforti Arnaud, 1982b  [10] carnifex (Linné, 1767) (jr. prim. hom. of Scarabaeus carnifex Linné, 1758 –– permanently unavailable;   
 valid name vindex MacLeay)  chalcomelas (Perty, 1830)  [10]  changdiazi Kohlmann and Solís, 2001  [19] charon Harold, 1880a (jr. subj. syn. of lunaris Taschenberg) coeruleus Bates, 1887 (jr. subj. syn. of daphnis Harold) corydon Blanchard, 1843 (jr. subj. syn. of splendidulus [Fabricius]) cyanellus Robinson, 1938 (jr. subj. syn. of vindex MacLeay)  damocles Harold, 1863  [21]  daphnis Harold, 1863  [16]  dejeani Harold, 1868b  [11]  demon Castelnau, 1840  [18]  difformis LeConte, 1847  [22] digitalis Olsoufieff, 1924 (jr. subj. syn. of bispinus Bates) divisus Harold, 1863 (jr. subj. syn. of mexicanus Harold) dzidoi Arnaud, 2000 (jr. subj. syn. of palaeno Blanchard)  New Synonymy endymion Harold, 1863  [13]  excelsus Bates, 1889  [18]  eximius Bates, 1887  [16] excisicornis Balthasar, 1939 (jr. subj. syn. of palaeno Blanchard)  flohri Nevinson, 1892  [17] floridanus Olsoufieff, 1924 (jr. subj. syn. of igneus MacLeay) floriger (Kirby, 1818) (jr. subj. syn. of splendidulus [Fabricius]) foveolatus Harold, 1880a (jr. subj. syn. of achilles Boheman) frankenbergeri Balthasar, 1939 (jr. subj. syn. of tridens Harold) funereus Balthasar, 1939 (jr. subj. syn. of pyrois Bates) furcosus Felsche, 1901 (jr. subj. syn. of furiosus Bates)  furiosus Bates, 1887  [16] genieri Arnaud, 2001 (jr. subj. syn. of amethystinus Harold) New Synonymy goidanichi Balthasar, 1939 (jr. subj. syn. of triangularis [Say]) grossii Arnaud, 2001 (jr. subj. syn. of chalcomelas [Perty])  guatemalensis Harold, 1871b  [20]  halffterorum Edmonds, 1979  [12]  haroldi Kirsch, 1871  [12] herbeus Bates, 1887 (jr. subj. syn. of daphnis Harold)  hermes Harold, 1868b [ 16]  howdeni Arnaud, 1984  [19]  igneus MacLeay, 1819  [21] jolyi Arnaud, 2001 (jr. subj. syn. of prasinus Harold)  New Synonymy kirbyi Vigors, 1825  [9] labreae (Pierce, 1946) (uncertain status; fossil near vindex MacLeay) laevicollis Castelnau, 1840 (jr. subj. syn. of kirbyi Vigors) laevipennis Sturm, 1843 (jr. subj. syn. of quadridens [Say])  lecourti Arnaud, 2000  [10] ledezmai Arnaud, 2002a (jr. subj. syn. of kirbyi Vigors) New Synonymy lugens Nevinson, 1892 (jr. subj. syn. of prasinus Harold)  lunaris Taschenberg, 1870  [18] lydiae Arnaud, 2000 (jr. subj. syn. of achilles Boheman) New Synonymy magnificens Robinson, 1948 (jr. subj. syn. of difformis LeConte) malyi Arnaud, 2002a (jr. subj. syn. of pyrois Bates) New Synonymy martinezi Halffter, 1955 (jr. subj. syn. of amethystinus Harold)  martinezorum Arnaud, 2000  [9]  melampus Harold, 1863  [20]  meleagris Blanchard, 1843  [11]  melibaeus Blanchard, 1843  [12]  mexicanus Harold, 1863  [19] minos Erichson, 1847 (jr. subj. syn. of meleagris Blanchard, 1843) mirabilis Bates, 1887 (jr. prim. hom. of mirabilis Harold, 1877 –– permanently unavailable; valid name   
 demon Castelnau) moroni Arnaud, 2001 (jr. subj. syn. of tridens Harold) New Synonymy niger Olsoufieff, 1924 (jr. subj. syn. of triangularis [Say])  nimrod Harold, 1863  [15]  obliquans Bates, 1887 New Status  [18] olsoufieffi Balthasar, 1939 (jr. subj. syn. of pyrois Bates)  palaeno Blanchard, 1843  [9]  palliatus Sturm, 1843  [21] pegasus Sturm, 1843 (jr. subj. syn. of demon Castelnau) peruanus Arnaud, 2000 (jr. subj. syn. of lecourti Arnaud)  New Synonymy pilatei Harold, 1863  [18] planicollis Perty, 1830 (jr. subj. syn. of kirbyi Vigors) porioni Arnaud, 2001 b (jr. subj. syn. of endymion Harold)  New Synonymy prasinus Harold, 1868a  [16] pseudofurcosus Balthasar, 1939 (jr. subj. syn. of tridens Castelnau)  New Synonymy pyrois Bates, 1887  [13]  quadridens (Say, 1835)  [21] rubervirens Robinson, 1948 (jr. subj. syn. of vindex Castelnau)  sallei Harold, 1863  [19] scintillans Bates, 1887 (jr. subj. syn. of demon Castelnau)  scutifer Bates, 1887  [18] sculpturatus Olsoufieff, 1924 (jr. subj. syn. of melibaeus Blanchard)  sororibispinus Edmondsand Zidek, 2012 New Name  (see alvarengai) [8]  splendidulus (Fabricius, 1781)  [11] substriolatus Balthasar, 1939 (jr. subj. syn. of daphnis Harold) subtricornis Perty, 1830 (jr. subj. syn. of kirbyi Vigors) tepanensis Bates, 1889 (jr. subj. syn. of guatemalensis Harold)  texensis Edmonds, 1994 New Status  [15] torrens LeConte, 1847 (jr. subj. syn. of triangularis [Say])  triangularis (Say, 1823)  [15] tricornis Olsoufieff, 1924 (jr. subj. syn. of daphnis Harold)  tridens Castelnau, 1840  [15] trinidadensis Arnaud, 2001 (jr. subj. syn. of prasinus Harold) New Synonymy truncaticornis Olsoufieff, 1924 (jr. subj. syn. of kirbyi Vigors)  vindex MacLeay, 1819  [22] violaceus Castelnau, 1840 (jr. subj. syn. of quadridens [Say]) viridicollis Olsoufieff, 1924 (sensu Arnaud 2002b) (unavailable infrasubspecific name referable to pyrois   
Bates)
description: Published as part of Edmonds, W. D. & Zídek, J., 2012, Taxonomy of Phanaeus revisited: Revised keys to and comments on species of the New World dung beetle genus Phanaeus MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Phanaeini), pp. 1-108 in Insecta Mundi 2012 (274) on pages 4-6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5182095