Cyclocephala modesta Burmeister, 1847

Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, Insecta Mundi 732 (732), pp. 1-306 : 175

§ Cyclocephala modesta Burmeister, 1847

Cyclocephala modesta Burmeister 1847: 38 ( Brazil - LECTOTYPE)

Distribution. Suriname: Endrödi 1966a: 260; Moore et al. 2018b: 215. French Guiana: Duranton 2011: 14 (?). Brazil: Burmeister 1847: 38; Arrow 1937b: 13; Blackwelder 1944: 252; Endrödi 1966a: 260 (designation LECTOTYPE Cyclocephala modesta ); Moore et al. 2018b: 215. Other: Blackwelder 1944: 252 ( Argentina); Endrödi 1966a: 260 ( Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay), 1985a: 43, 118 (tropical South America); Ponchel 2011 (not mentioned); Dupuis 2016b (not mentioned); Moore et al. 2018b: 215 ( Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay).

Note. Endrödi (1966a: 260) records Cyclocephala modesta for Suriname and this record is repeated in Moore et al. (2018b: 215). Duranton (2011: 13) apparently saw no definite specimens from French Guiana, and the species is not mentioned in the checklists for French Guiana by Ponchel (2011) and Dupuis (2016b). There are no recent records from the Guianas and the literature suggests this species has a more southern distribution. We regard this species as not occurring in the research area.