Cyclocephala rustica (Olivier, 1789)

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 : 212

Cyclocephala rustica (Olivier, 1789)

Melolontha rustica Olivier, 1789: 27 [original combination].

Cyclocephala rustica (Olivier) [new combination by Burmeister 1847: 70].

syn. Cyclocephala rustica municipalis Höhne, 1923b: 365 [original combination].

Cyclocephala rustica var. municipalis Höhne [new infrasubspecific status by Arrow 1937b: 15].

Cyclocephala rustica municipalis Höhne [revalidated subspecies status by Endrődi 1985a: 35].

Cyclocephala rustica (Olivier) [synonymy by Ratcliffe et al. 2013: 597].

Types.

Invalid neotype of M. rustica at HNHM ( Endrődi Collection) ( Endrődi 1966). Lectotype of C. rustica municipalis at ZMHB ( Endrődi 1966).

Distribution.

BRAZIL: Amazonas, Bahia, Mato Grosso, Pará, São Paulo. COLOMBIA: Casanare, Cundinamarca, Meta. FRENCH GUIANA: Cayenne, Kourou, Régina. PERU. SURINAME. TRINDAD AND TOBAGO: Trinidad. VENEZUELA: Capital District, Carabobo.

References.

Olivier 1789, Burmeister 1847, Harold 1869b, Höhne 1923b, Arrow 1937b, Blackwelder 1944, Pike et al. 1976, Endrődi 1963, 1966, 1985a, Pellmyr 1985, Ratcliffe and Morón 1997, Restrepo et al. 2003, Maia and Schlindwein 2006, Ponchel 2006, 2011, Krajcik 2005, 2012, Breeschoten et al. 2013, Moore and Jameson 2013, Gibernau 2015b, López-García et al. 2015, Ratcliffe et al. 2013, 2015, Gasca-Álvarez and Deloya 2016, Peck 2016.

Remarks.

Cyclocephala rustica was reported from Veracruz, Mexico ( Höhne 1923b, Endrődi 1966, 1985a, Ratcliffe and Morón 1997) and Guadeloupe ( Olivier 1789, Endrődi 1966, 1985a). Cyclocephala rustica has not been recorded from these areas again and is likely a South American species ( Ratcliffe et al. 2013, Ratcliffe and Cave 2015).