Cyclocephala multiplex Casey, 1915

Moore, Matthew R., Cave, Ronald D. & Branham, Marc A., 2018, Annotated catalog and bibliography of the cyclocephaline scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Cyclocephalini), ZooKeys 745, pp. 101-378 : 195-196

Cyclocephala multiplex Casey, 1915

Cyclocephala (Cyclocephala) multiplex Casey, 1915: 139 [original combination].

Cyclocephala detecta Bates [synonymy by Arrow 1937b: 10].

Cyclocephala amazona (Linneaus) [synonymy by Endrődi 1964: 466].

Cyclocephala multiplex Casey [revalidated species status by Ratcliffe 2003: 165].

Types.

Type of C. multiplex at USNM ( Endrődi 1966).

Distribution.

BELIZE: Belize, Cayo, Stann Creek, Toledo. COSTA RICA: Alajuela, Guanacaste, Heredia. EL SALVADOR: La Libertad, Morazán, San Salvador, Santa Ana. GUATEMALA: Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chiquimula, El Progresso, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Petén, Quiché, Santa Rosa, Zacapa. HONDURAS: Atlántida, Choluteca, Comayagua, Copán, Cortés, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, Gracias a Dios, Islas de la Bahía, Lempira, Olancho, Santa Bárbara, Yoro. MEXICO: Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Ver acruz. NICARAGUA: Carazo, Chontales, Estelí, Granada, Jinotega, Masaya, RAA Sur, Río San Juan.

References.

Casey 1915, Arrow 1937b, Barrera 1969, Pike et al. 1976, Morón 1979, Endrődi 1964, 1966, 1985a, Sanchez Soto 1998, Ratcliffe 2003, Ratcliffe and Cave 2006, Pacheco-F. et al. 2008, Krajcik 2005, 2012, Ratcliffe et al. 2013.

Remarks.

The complete distribution of C. multiplex is unknown due to this species' historical confusion with C. amazona amazona . The locality records from recent monographs are given here as these are based on authoritatively identified specimens ( Ratcliffe 2003, Ratcliffe and Cave 2006, Ratcliffe et al. 2013). Cyclocephala detecta was described from specimens collected in Mexico and Nicaragua, and this species is currently considered a synonym of C. amazona . Based on these reported locality data, it is possible that C. multiplex is a junior synonym of C. detecta .