Title
Three new species of Cyclocephala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Amazonian Peru and a checklist of Cyclocephala species in Peru
Date Issued
07 January 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Magnolia Press
Abstract
The following new species of Cyclocephala Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini) are described from Peru: C. mateoi Paz Ratcliffe, C. ukuku Paz Ratcliffe, and C. hylaea Ratcliffe Paz. A description, diagnosis, geographic distribution, notes on natural history, and illustrations are provided for each new species. Six Cyclocephala species are reported for the first time from Peru: C. emarginata Endrdi, 1964, C. guianae Endrdi, 1969, C. kuntzeniana Hhne, 1923, C. malyi Dupuis, 2014, C. ovulum Bates, 1888, and C. sylviae Dechambre, 1995. An updated, annotated list of the 81 Peruvian species of Cyclocephala is provided.
Start page
427
End page
440
Volume
5087
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85134440360
PubMed ID
Source
Zootaxa
ISSN of the container
11755326
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the Vicerrectorado de Investigación y Posgrado of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru (R.R. 01686-R-20, B20100651).
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