Cyclocephala minuta Burmeister, 1847

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 : 175

Cyclocephala minuta Burmeister, 1847

Cyclocephala minuta Burmeister 1847: 59 ( French Guiana - LECTOTYPE)

Distribution. Guyana: Endrödi 1966a: 259, 1985a: 102, 146; Lachaume 1992: 15; Moore et al. 2018b: 215. Suriname: Endrödi 1966a: 259, 1985a: 102, 146; Lachaume 1992: 15; Moore et al. 2018b: 215; MHCN; NZCS. French Guiana: Burmeister 1847: 59; Arrow 1937b: 13; Blackwelder 1944: 252; Endrödi 1966a: 259 (designation LECTOTYPE Cyclocephala minuta ), 1985a: 102, 146; Lachaume 1992: 15; Duranton 2011: 14; Ponchel 2011: 60; Dupuis 2016b: 109; Moore et al. 2018b: 215. Venezuela (EO): Endrödi 1966a: 259, 1985a: 102, 146; Lachaume 1992: 15; Moore et al. 2018b: 215; Kirmse and Ratcliffe 2019: 153 (EO). Other: Endrödi 1966a: 259 (Paraguay); Moore et al. 2018b: 215 (Paraguay).

Note. Endrödi (1966a: 259) records Cyclocephala minuta for Paraguay, and this record is repeated in Moore et al. (2018b: 215), although the district name Sapucay is here exchanged for the departmental name Paraguarí. Given the distance of over 3,000 km between the location in Paraguay and the rest of the distributional area, and because the species has never again been reported for Paraguay, we believe this record is based on a mislabeled or misidentified specimen.