Cyclocephala discolor (Herbst, 1790)

Cyclocephala discolor (Herbst, 1790) View in CoL

Melolontha discolor Herbst, 1790: 73 View in CoL [original combination].

Cyclocephala discolor (Herbst) View in CoL [new combination by Burmeister 1847: 45-46].

syn. Cyclocephala andina Brethes, 1905: 331-332 View in CoL [original combination].

Cyclocephala discolor View in CoL andina Brethes View in CoL [new subspecies status by Endrődi 1966: 185].

Cyclocephala discolor (Herbst) View in CoL [synonymy by Ratcliffe 2003: 118].

syn. Cyclocephala aurantiaca Prell, 1937b: 496 View in CoL [original combination].

Cyclocephala discolor View in CoL ab. aurantiaca Prell View in CoL [new infrasubspecific status by Endrődi 1966: 185].

Cyclocephala discolor (Herbst) View in CoL [synonymy by Ratcliffe 2003: 118].

syn. Melolontha unciata Schoenherr, 1817: 189 View in CoL [original combination].

Cyclocephala discolor (Herbst) View in CoL [synonymy by Burmeister 1847: 46].

Types.

Lectotype ♀ of C. discolor at ZMHB ( Endrődi 1966). Type of C. aurantiaca at ZMHB ( Endrődi 1966). Endrődi (1966) apparently did not examine the type of C. andina but wrote that the type was at "Mus. Buenos Aires", possibly referring to MACN.

Distribution.

ARGENTINA: Salta, Tucumán. BELIZE: Cayo, Stann Creek. BOLIVIA: Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz. BRAZIL: Amazonas, Minas Gerais. COLOMBIA: Amazonas, Antioquia, Cesar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Meta, Valle del Cauca . COSTA RICA: Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limón, Puntarenas. ECUADOR: Los Ríos, Morona-Santiago, Napo, Pastaza. FRENCH GUIANA: Cayenne. GUATEMALA: Alta Verapaz, Izabal. GUYANA. HONDURAS: Atlántida, Colón, Comayagua, Cortés, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, Gracias a Dios, La Paz, Olancho, Yoro. MEXICO: Chiapas, Colima, Jalisco , Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí. NICARAGUA: Jinotega, RAA Norte, Río San Juan. PANAMA: Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, Coclé, Colón, Darien, Former Canal Zone, Panamá. PERU: Cusco, Huánuco, Loreto, San Martín. SURINAME. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Trinidad. VENEZUELA: Aragua, Capital District, Monagas.

References.

Herbst 1790, Schönherr 1817, Burmeister 1847, Erichson 1848a, Senoner 1864, Harold 1869b, Bréthes 1905, Seidlitz 1905, Arrow 1937b, Prell 1937b, Blackwelder 1944, Martínez 1954, Pike et al. 1976, Endrődi 1963, 1966, 1969b, 1985a, Maes et al. 1997, Ratcliffe and Moron 1997, Ervik et al. 1999, Morón-Ríos and Moron 2001, Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2001, Ratcliffe 2002a, 2003, Restrepo et al. 2003, Ponchel 2006, Ratcliffe and Cave 2006, Pacheco-F. et al. 2008, Núñez-Avellaneda and Rojas-Robles 2008, Núñez-Avellaneda and Neita 2009, Neita-Moreno 2011, Krajcik 2005, 2012, Breeschoten et al. 2013, Ratcliffe et al. 2013, 2015, Deloya et al. 2016, Gasca-Álvarez and Deloya 2016, Romero-López and Moron 2017.

Remarks.

Endrődi (1966) reported C. discolor from Haiti with no further details. This record is either spurious or erroneous ( Ratcliffe and Cave 2015).