Cyclocephala melanocephala ( Fabricius, 1775 )

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 : 174

Cyclocephala melanocephala ( Fabricius, 1775)

Melolontha melanocephala Fabricius 1775: 36 ( Brazil)

= Cyclocephala dimidiata Burmeister 1847: 57 ( Mexico)

= Cyclocephala rubiginosa Burmeister 1847: 59 ( Martinique) - Ratcliffe and Cave 2015: 99 (syn. nov.)

Distribution. Guyana: Bodkin 1919: 215 (as C. dimidiata ); Endrödi 1966a: 256; Moore et al. 2018b: 211. Suriname: Endrödi 1966a: 256; Moore et al. 2018b: 211; MHCN, NZCS. French Guiana: Duranton 2011: 13; Dupuis 2016b: 109; Moore et al. 2018b: 211. Brazil (NA): Fabricius 1775: 36 (as Melolontha melanocephala ); Burmeister 1847: 56; Arrow 1937b: 13; Blackwelder 1944: 252; Endrödi 1966a: 256; Moore et al. 2018b: 211 (NA). Venezuela (EO): Endrödi 1966a: 256 (EO); Moore et al. 2018b: 211 (EO). Other: Burmeister 1847: 57, 59 (Mexico - as C. dimidiata ; Martinique - as C. rubiginosa ); Arrow 1937b: 10, 15 (Mexico, U.S.A. - as C. dimidiata ; Martinique - as C. rubiginosa ); Blackwelder 1944: 251, 252 (Costa Rica, Grenada, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, U.S.A. - as C. dimidiata ; Argentina - as C. melanocephala ; Martinique - as C. rubiginosa ); Endrödi 1966a: 256, 297 (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S.A., West Indies - as C. melanocephala ; Martinique - as C. rubiginosa ), 1985a: 103, 141 (Argentina–U.S.A. - as C. melanocephala melanocephala ; Guadeloupe - as C. melanocephala rubiginosa ); Lachaume 1992: 15 (Argentina–U.S.A.); Ratcliffe 2003: 162 (Argentina/Paraguay–U.S.A.); Ponchel 2011 (not mentioned); Ratcliffe and Cave 2015: 99 (Argentina–U.S.A., Lesser Antilles); Moore et al. 2018b: 211 (Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S.A., West Indies).