Three New Species of Cyclocephala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Amazonian Peru and a Checklist of Cyclocephala Species in Peru

Authors

Fernando Paz, Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Brett C. Ratcliffe, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Luis Figueroa, Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2022

Citation

Zootaxa 5087 (3): 427–440

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.3.2

Comments

Used by permission.

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 Endrödi, 1964, C. guianae Endrödi, 1969, C. kuntzeniana Höhne, 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.