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Cyclocephala octopunctata Burmeister 1847

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§ Cyclocephala octopunctata Burmeister, 1847

Cyclocephala 8-punctata Burmeister 1847: 65 (Brazil - LECTOTYPE)

Distribution. French Guiana: Burmeister 1847: 65; Endrödi 1966a: 274, 1985a: 79, 136; Dechambre 1991: 124; Duranton 2011: 14 (?); Moore et al. 2018b: 224. “Guianas”: Arrow 1937b: 14; Blackwelder 1944: 252. Brazil: Endrödi 1966a: 274 (designation NEOTYPE Cyclocephala octopunctata), 1985a: 79, 136; Dechambre 1991: 124 (designation LECTOTYPE Cyclocephala octopunctata); Moore et al. 2018b: 224. Other: Endrödi 1966a: 274, 1985a: 79, 136; Moore et al. 2018b: 224.

Note 1. The neotype of Cyclocephala octopunctata designated in Endrödi (1966a: 274) was rendered invalid when type material from Burmeister was recovered and a lectotype was designated in Dechambre (1991: 124). It is unclear to us which reasoning is followed by Dechambre (1991) in designating the Brazilian lectotype, as Burmeister (1847: 65) only mentions French Guiana in the original description. The list of collections through which the lectotype has passed according to Dechambre (1991) does not include the one of Dupont, which contained the material that Burmeister (1847) used for his description. We consider the validity of the lectotype questionable. Regardless of the validity of the lectotype designated by Dechambre (1991), the neotype designated by Endrödi (1966a) remains invalid since it violates several demands of Article 75 of the ICZN (1964: 81), as mentioned by Moore et al. (2018b: 107).

Note 2. Burmeister (1847: 65) describes Cyclocephala octopunctata from French Guiana, and this record is copied in Arrow (1937b: 14), Blackwelder (1944: 252), Endrödi (1966a: 274, 1985a: 79, 136), Dechambre (1991: 124) and Moore et al. (2018b: 224). Duranton (2011: 14) apparently saw no definite specimens from French Guiana, and the species is not mentioned in the checklists for French Guiana by Ponchel (2011) and Dupuis (2016b). We are unaware of any recent reports from the Guianas. Given that this species is otherwise only known from southern Brazil, Bolivia and Peru, we assume that Burmeister’s type specimen was mislabeled and regard this species as not occurring in the research area.

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Published as part of Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, pp. 1-306 in Insecta Mundi 732 (732) on page 176, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3678492

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Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.3678492 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Burmeister
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Dynastidae
Genus
Cyclocephala
Species
octopunctata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cyclocephala octopunctata Burmeister, 1847 sec. Hielkema & Hielkema, 2019

References

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  • Endrodi, S. 1966 a. Monographie der Dynastinae (Coleoptera, Lamellicornia). 1. Teil. Entomologische Abhandlungen Staatliches Museum fur Tierkunde in Dresden 33: 1 - 457.
  • Endrodi, S. 1985 a. The Dynastinae of the world. Series Entomologica 28. Dr W. Junk; The Hague, Netherlands and Akademiai Kiado; Budapest. 800 p.
  • Dechambre, R. - P. 1991. Designation de lectotypes de Cyclocephala decrits par Burmeister [Coleoptera, Dynastidae]. Revue francaise d'Entomologie (N. S.) 13 (3): 123 - 124.
  • Duranton, M. 2011. Chorologie et ecologie des dynastides de Guyane francaise. Coleopteres, numero special 1: 1 - 31.
  • Moore, M. R., R. D. Cave, and M. A. Branham. 2018 b. Annotated catalog and bibliography of the cyclocephaline scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Cyclocephalini). ZooKeys 745: 101 - 378.
  • Arrow, G. J. 1937 b. Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae. p. 3 - 124. In: S. Schenkling. Coleopterorum Catalogus Pars 156. W. Junk; The Hague, Netherlands. 124 p.
  • Blackwelder, R. E. 1944. Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Part 2. United States National Museum Bulletin 185 (2): 189 - 341.
  • ICZN [International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature]. 1964. International code of zoological nomenclature adopted by the XV International Congress of Zoology. Second edition. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature; London. 176 p.
  • Ponchel, Y. 2011. Liste actualisee des Dynastinae de Guyane (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Contribution a l'etude des Coleopteres de Guyane 4: 60 - 61. [Supplement au Bulletin de liaison d'ACOREP-France " Le Coleopteriste "].
  • Dupuis, F. 2016 b. Contribution a la connaissance des Dynastidae de Guyane. Modifications nomen- claturales, signalements nouveaux et actualisation de la liste des especes. Contribution a l'etude des coleopteres de Guyane 10: 101 - 111. [Supplement au Bulletin de liaison d'ACOREP-France " Le Coleopteriste "].