An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas
Author
Hielkema, Auke J.
Author
Hielkema, Meindert A.
text
Insecta Mundi
2019
2019-10-25
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732
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.3678492
8e18452b-1d9d-462e-bac8-8c86eeb4ddc3
1942-1354
3678492
930EAB11-37FA-41B0-980A-1A4736527842
Cyclocephala chera
Ratcliffe, 2008
Cyclocephala chera
Ratcliffe 2008: 226
(
Guyana
)
Distribution.
Guyana
:
Ratcliffe 2008: 226
;
Moore et al. 2018b: 160
.
Suriname
:
MHCN -
NEW COUN- TRY RECORD
(Suriname,
Para
, Colakreek, (
5°27′45″N
,
55°13′45″W
). 6/
9-I-2013
. A. J. Hielkema. On UV/HPL.); NZCS.
Note.
Ratcliffe (2008: 226)
describes
Cyclocephala chera
based on
10 female
specimens from
Guyana
. In this description, Ratcliffe compares
C. chera
with
C. complanata
Burmeister, 1847
(p. 48),
C. conspicua
Sharp, 1877
(p. 135) and
C. gregaria
Heyne and Taschenberg, 1908
(p. 91), but not with
C. undata
(
Olivier, 1789
)
(p. 80). We have collected a number of specimens in
Suriname
, including several males, which were identified as
C. chera
by Ratcliffe. After viewing photos of these specimens, Ponchel (Y. Ponchel, pers. comm. 2015) considers them synonymous with
C. undata
, which he says has a bicolored and a unicolored morph. Now that we have found male specimens of
C. chera
it seems prudent to compare both sexes of
C. chera
with those of both color morphs of
C. undata
.