Review of the genus Acrobolbia with remarks on its classification, and a key to the world genera of Cyclocephalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)

Authors

Mary Liz Jameson, University of Nebraska State MuseumFollow
Brett C. Ratcliffe, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Vladislav Maly, Na Hrobci, Praha, Czech RepublicFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

5-30-2002

Comments

Published in Folia Heyrovskyana 10:1 (May 31,2002), pp. 1-15. ISSN 1210-4108. Published by KABOUREK Publishing, Ltd., Sokolská 3923, 760 01 Zlin, Czech Republic. Used by permission.
http://www.kabourek.cz

Abstract

The monotypic South American scarab genus Acrobolbia Ohaus, 1912 is reviewed and transferred to the tribe Cyclocephalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). It was formerly placed in the subtribe Acrobolbiina (Rutelinae: Rutelini) or subtribe Oryctomorphina (Dynastinae: Pentodontini), depending on the author. We discuss characters that warrant transfer, redescribe the genus (including the first description of a female), and briefly discuss natural history of A. macrophylla Ohaus, 1912. We include a key to males and females of all 14 genera of Cyclocephalini.