Cyclocephala epistomalis H. W. Bates, 1888

Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, Insecta Mundi 732 (732), pp. 1-306 : 169

Cyclocephala epistomalis H. W. Bates, 1888

Cyclocephala epistomalis H. W. Bates 1888: 303 ( Guatemala)

= Cyclocephala mollis Endrödi 1963: 323 ( Bolivia) - Ratcliffe 2003: 123 (syn. nov.)

Distribution. French Guiana: Moore et al. 2018b: 174. Brazil (NA): Endrödi 1966a: 193, 261 (as C. mollis ) (NA), 1985a: 90, 140; Ratcliffe 2003: 123; Moore et al. 2018b: 174. Venezuela: Endrödi 1966a: 193, 261, 1985a: 90, 140; Ratcliffe 2003: 123; Moore et al. 2018b: 174. Other: H. W. Bates 1888: 303 (Guatemala); Arrow 1937b: 10 (Guatemala); Blackwelder 1944: 251 (Guatemala); Endrödi 1963: 323 (Bolivia - C. mollis ), 1966a: 193, 261 (Guatemala - as C. epistomalis ; Bolivia, Paraguay - as C. mollis ), 1985a: 90, 140 (Guatemala, Paraguay); Ratcliffe 2003: 123 (Bolivia, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay); Moore et al. 2018b: 174 (Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay).

Note. The record of Cyclocephala epistomalis for French Guiana in Moore et al. (2018b: 174) is copied from Gruner (1971: 845), who lists it as C. mollis . The only other record for the research area is for Manaus in the Brazilian state of Amazonas in Endrödi (1966a: 261) (as C. mollis ). Many identifications made by Gruner (1971) appear to be incorrect, and we consider the record of this species for French Guiana doubtful.