Cyclocephala verticalis 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 : 186

Cyclocephala verticalis Burmeister, 1847

Cyclocephala verticalis Burmeister 1847: 51 ( Brazil)

Distribution. Guyana: Seymour and Matthews 2006: 1133 (?); Moore et al. 2018b: 260. Suriname: Endrödi 1966a: 329, 1985a: 112, 144; Dechambre 1979c: 167; Moore et al. 2018b: 260; MHCN. French Guiana: Endrödi 1966a: 329, 1985a: 112, 144; Dechambre 1979c: 167; Duranton 2011: 16 (?); Moore et al. 2018b: 260. Brazil (NA): Burmeister 1847: 51; Endrödi 1966a: 329 (NA), 1985a: 112, 144; Prance and Arias 1975: 126; Dechambre 1979c: 167; Andreazze and Fonseca 1998: 62 (NA); Moore et al. 2018b: 260 (NA). Venezuela: Wiersema 1987: 57; Moore et al. 2018b: 260. Other: Burmeister 1847: 51 (Cuba); Arrow 1937b: 15 (treated as a synonym of C. sanguinicollis Burmeister, 1847 ); Blackwelder 1944: 253 (Argentina?, Cuba); Endrödi 1966a: 329 (Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru), 1985a: 112, 144 (Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru); Dechambre 1979c: 167 (Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru); Ponchel 2011 (not mentioned); Dupuis 2016b (not mentioned); Moore et al. 2018b: 260 (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru).

Note 1. Burmeister (1847: 51) records Cyclocephala verticalis for Cuba and this record is copied in Blackwelder (1944: 253), but according to Ratcliffe and Cave (2015: 291) the record from Cuba is incorrect, as this is a South American species.

Note 2. Endrödi (1966a: 329, 1985a: 112, 144) and Dechambre (1979c: 167) record Cyclocephala verticalis for French Guiana, but Duranton (2011: 16) apparently saw no definite specimens from French Guiana and the species is not mentioned by Ponchel (2011) and Dupuis (2016b). Based on the mentioned records and our material from Suriname, we assume C. verticalis is present but rare in French Guiana. Its presumed presence in Guyana is at the moment solely based on an uncertain record in Seymour and Matthews (2006: 1133) and remains to be confirmed.