Cyclocephala olivieri Arrow, 1911

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 : 176-177

Cyclocephala olivieri Arrow, 1911

Cyclocephala olivieri Arrow 1911b: 171 (none)

= Melolontha melanocephala Olivier 1789: 42 ( Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil)

= Melolontha nigrocephala Schönherr 1817: 190 ( French Guiana, Brazil)

Distribution. Suriname: Olivier 1789: 42 (as Melolontha melanocephala ); Moore et al. 2018b: 224. French Guiana: Olivier 1789: 42 (as Melolontha melanocephala ); Schönherr 1817: 190 (as Melolontha nigrocephala ). “Guianas”: Arrow 1937b: 14; Blackwelder 1944: 252. Brazil: Olivier 1789: 42 (as Melolontha melanocephala ); Schönherr 1817: 190 (as Melolontha nigrocephala ); Endrödi 1966a: 276, 1985a: 110, 146; Moore et al. 2018b: 224. Venezuela (EO): Endrödi 1966a: 276, 1985a: 110, 146; Moore et al. 2018b: 224 (EO). Other: Arrow 1911b: 171 (none), 1937b: 14 (Colombia); Blackwelder 1944: 252 (Colombia); Endrödi 1966a: 276 (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago), 1985a: 110, 146 (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago); Ponchel 2011 (not mentioned);

Dupuis 2016b (not mentioned); Moore et al. 2018b: 224 ( Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay).

Note. We are unaware of any recent records of Cyclocephala olivieri from the Guianas and consider its occurrence there in need of confirmation.