Dyscinetus Harold, 1869

Moore, Matthew R., Cave, Ronald D. & Branham, Marc A., 2018, Annotated catalog and bibliography of the cyclocephaline scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Cyclocephalini), ZooKeys 745, pp. 101-378 : 228

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Genus Dyscinetus Harold, 1869 View in CoL

Dyscinetus Harold, 1869a: 123 View in CoL [original usage, new replacement name for preoccupied genus name Chalepus MacLeay, 1819: 149 View in CoL ].

syn. Palechus Casey, 1915: 174 View in CoL [original usage]. Proposed as a subgenus. Type species: Palechus histrio Casey View in CoL , by original designation.

Dyscinetus Harold View in CoL [synonymy by Saylor 1945: 380].

Type species.

Melolontha geminata Fabricius, 1801 , by monotypy.

Keys.

Dawson 1922 (Nebraska, USA), Chapin 1932 (Cuba), Saylor 1945 (USA), Paulian 1947 (French Antilles), Arnett 1968 (USA), Endrődi 1966, 1985a, Moron View in CoL 1979 (Veracruz, Mexico), Gordon and Anderson 1981 (larvae and adults, Florida, United States), Ratcliffe 1985, Maes 1994 (Nicaragua), Moron View in CoL and Zaragoza 1976 (Estado de México, Mexico), Moron View in CoL et al. 1985 (Chiapas, Mexico), Moron View in CoL et al. 1988 ( Jalisco View in CoL , Mexico), Ratcliffe 1991 (Nebraska, USA), Jameson et al. 2002, Ratcliffe 2003 (Costa Rica and Panama), Villegas-Urbano 2004 (larvae, Colombia), Ratcliffe and Cave 2006 (Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador), Ratcliffe and Paulsen 2008 (Nebraska, USA), Gasca-Álvarez and Amat-García 2010 (Colombia), Joly and Escalona 2010 (Venezuela), Neita-Moreno and Yepes 2011 (larvae), Ratcliffe et al. 2013 (Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico), Pardo-Locarno 2013 (Valle del Cauca View in CoL , Colombia), Cherman et al. 2013 (larvae, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), Ratcliffe and Cave 2015 (West Indies), Ratcliffe and Cave 2017 (USA and Canada).

Valid taxa.

21 species.

References

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Cherman, MA, Guedes, JVC, Moron, MA, Dal, Pra E, Bigolin, M, 2013. White grubs (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae) in the Planalto Region, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil: Key for identification, species richness, and distribution. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 57: 271-278. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262013000300005

Dawson, RW, 1922. A synopsis of the Scarbaeidae of Nebraska. University Studies published by the University of Nebraska 22: 163-244.

Endrodi, S, 1966. Monographie der Dynastinae (Coleoptera, Lamellicornia). I. Teil. Entomologische Abhandlungen des Staatlichen Museums fuer Tierkunde Dresden 33: 1-460.

Endrodi, S, 1985a. The Dynastinae of the World. Dr. W. Junk Publisher, Dordrecht, 800 pp. [+ 46 pls]

Gasca-Alvarez, HJ, Amat-Garcia, G, 2010. Synopsis and key to the genera of Dynastinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Scarabaeidae) of Colombia. ZooKeys 34: 153-192. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.34.309

Gordon, RD, Anderson, DM, 1981. The species of Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) associated with sugarcane in south Florida. Florida Entomologist 64: 119-138. https://doi.org/10.2307/3494604

Jameson, ML, Ratcliffe, BC, Maly, V, 2002. Review of the genus Acrobolbia with remarks on its classification and a key to the world genera of Cyclocephalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Folia Heyrovskyana 10: 1-15.

Joly, LJ, Escalona, HE, 2010. El genero Dyscinetus Harold (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini) en Venezuela y la descripcion de una nueva especie. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo 50: 203-210.

Maes, J-M, 1994. Los Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaragueense de Entomologia 30: 1-44.

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Pardo-Locarno, LC, 2013. Escarabajos (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae) del plan aluvial del Rio Cauca, Colombia I. Ensamblaje, fichas bioecologicas, extinciones locales y clave para adultos. Dugesiana 20: 1-15.

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Ratcliffe, BC, Cave, RD, Cano, EB, 2013. The dynastine scarab beetles of Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 27: 1-666.

Ratcliffe, BC, Cave, RD, 2015. The dynastine scarab beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 28: 1-346.

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Villegas-Urbano, NP, 2004. Reconocimiento de especies del complejo chisa (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae) asociados al cultivo de cebolla y pasto en la localidad de La Florida, Risaralda. Masters Thesis, Manizales, Colombia: Universidad de Caldas.