Biology:Cyclocephala
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Short description: Genus of beetles
| Cyclocephala | |
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| Western masked chafer (Cyclocephala hirta) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Dynastinae |
| Genus: | Cyclocephala Dejean, 1821 |
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Cyclocephala is a genus of scarab beetles from the subfamily Dynastinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Beetles of this genus occur from southeastern Canada to Argentina , India and the West Indies.
Adults of this genus are nocturnal or crepuscular, and are usually attracted to lights.[1]
Selected species
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This is a large genus and new species continue to be added.[1]
- Cyclocephala almitana
- Cyclocephala amazona
- Cyclocephala amblyopsis
- Cyclocephala atripes
- Cyclocephala atripes
- Cyclocephala barroensis
- Cyclocephala brittoni
- Cyclocephala borealis - Northern masked chafer
- Cyclocephala carbonaria
- Cyclocephala cartwrighti
- Cyclocephala castanea
- Cyclocephala castaniella
- Cyclocephala colasi
- Cyclocephala complanata
- Cyclocephala concolor
- Cyclocephala confusa
- Cyclocephala conspicua
- Cyclocephala discicollis
- Cyclocephala discolor
- Cyclocephala elegans
- Cyclocephala epistomalis
- Cyclocephala erotylina
- Cyclocephala fasciolata
- Cyclocephala fulgurata
- Cyclocephala gravis
- Cyclocephala gregaria
- Cyclocephala hardyi
- Cyclocephala herteli
- Cyclocephala hirta - Western masked chafer
- Cyclocephala howdeni
- Cyclocephala kaszabi
- Cyclocephala krombeini
- Cyclocephala laminata
- Cyclocephala ligyrina
- Cyclocephala lunulata
- Cyclocephala lurida
- Cyclocephala macrophylla
- Cyclocephala maffafa
- Cyclocephala melanae
- Cyclocephala melanocephala
- Cyclocephala modesta
- Cyclocephala nigerrima
- Cyclocephala nigritarsis
- Cyclocephala nigrobasalis
- Cyclocephala nodanotherwon
- Cyclocephala pan
- Cyclocephala pardolocarnoi
- Cyclocephala porioni
- Cyclocephala prolongata
- Cyclocephala puberula
- Cyclocephala pubescens
- Cyclocephala putrida
- Cyclocephala quadripunctata
- Cyclocephala rubescens
- Cyclocephala sanguinicollis
- Cyclocephala santaritae
- Cyclocephala sexpunctata
- Cyclocephala signaticollis
- Cyclocephala sparsa
- Cyclocephala spermophila
- Cyclocephala stictica
- Cyclocephala testacea
- Cyclocephala variabilis
- Cyclocephala weidneri
- Cyclocephala zodion
Predation
Several species of Cyclocephala serve as hosts for the parasitic larvae of the South American robber fly Mallophora ruficauda, especially C. signaticollis.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ratcliffe, Brett. "Cyclocephala". Generic Guide to New World Beetles. University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology. http://museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Scarabaeoidea/Scarabaeidae/Dynastinae/Dynastinae-Tribes/Cyclocephalini/Cyclocephala/Cyclocephala.html.
- ↑ Barrantes, M. E.; Castelo, M. K. (June 2014). "Host specificity in the host-seeking larva of the dipteran parasitoid Mallophora ruficauda and the influence of age on parasitism decisions" (in en). Bulletin of Entomological Research 104 (3): 295–306. doi:10.1017/S0007485314000029. ISSN 0007-4853. PMID 24548616. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bulletin-of-entomological-research/article/host-specificity-in-the-hostseeking-larva-of-the-dipteran-parasitoid-mallophora-ruficauda-and-the-influence-of-age-on-parasitism-decisions/030BE77E81148197AA9DFB8E1FFCF64F.
Further reading
- Casey, Thos. L. (1915). "A review of the American species of Rutelinæ, Dynastinæ and Cetoniinæ". Memoirs on the Coleoptera. 6. Lancaster, PA: The New Era Printing Company. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/961469.
- Dejean, [P.F.M.A.] (1821). Catalogue de la Collection de Coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean. Paris: Crevot. p. 57. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11667490.
- Saylor, Lawrence W. (1945). "Synoptic revision of the United States scarab beetles of the subfamily Dynastinae, No.1: Tribe Cyclocephalini". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 35 (12): 380–385. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/entomologyother/128.
Wikidata ☰ Q3381239 entry
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