Cyclocephala

Cyclocephala
Western masked chafer (Cyclocephala hirta)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Dynastinae
Genus:	Cyclocephala Dejean, 1821
Species
Many, see text
Synonyms
Mononidia Casey 1915 Casey 1915 Casey 1915 Casey 1915 Martínez 1965 Isocoryna Ochrosidia Casey 1915 Paraclimidia Stigmalia Casey 1915 Casey 1915 Bolivar y Pieltaín, Jiménez-Asúa, and Martínez 1963 Aclinidia Dichromina Casey 1915 Diapatalia Casey 1915 Casey 1915 Casey 1915 Graphalia Aspidotites Homochromina Höhne 1922 Aspidolella Spilosota Casey 1915 Prell 1936 Halotosia Albridarollia Plagiosalia

Masked chafers, Cyclocephala

Cyclocephala is a genus of scarab beetles from the subfamily Dynastinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Beetles of this genus occur from southeastern Canada to Argentina and the West Indies.

Adults of this genus are nocturnal or crepuscular, and are usually attracted to lights.

Selected species

Cyclocephala captured at night

This is a large genus and new species continue to be added.

• 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.

See also

• List of Cyclocephala species

Further reading

• Casey, Thos. L. (1915). "A review of the American species of Rutelinæ, Dynastinæ and Cetoniinæ". Memoirs on the Coleoptera. Vol. 6. Lancaster, PA: The New Era Printing Company.
• Dejean, [P.F.M.A.] (1821). Catalogue de la Collection de Coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean. Paris: Crevot. p. 57.
• 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.