Cyclocephala tridentata (Fabricius, 1801)

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 : 219-220

Cyclocephala tridentata (Fabricius, 1801)

Melolontha tridentata Fabricius, 1801: 170-171 [original combination].

Cyclocephala tridentata (Fabricius) [new combination by Burmeister 1847: 47].

syn. Cyclocephala annamariae Dutrillaux & Chalumeau, 2013: 64-65 [original combination in Dutrillaux et al. 2013].

Cyclocephala tridentata Fabricius [synonymy by Ratcliffe and Cave 2015: 113].

syn. Cyclocephala tridentata dominicensis Cartwright & Chalumeau, 1978: 25 [original combination].

Cyclocephala dominicensis Cartwright & Chalumeau [new species status by Dutrillaux et al. 2013: 64].

Cyclocephala tridentata (Fabricius) [synonymy by Ratcliffe and Cave 2015: 113].

syn. Melolontha biliturata Gyllenhal, 1817b: 105-106 [original combination].

Cyclocephala tridentata (Fabricius) [synonymy by Burmeister 1847: 48].

Types.

Lectotype ♀ of M. tridentata deposited at ZMUK, now housed at ZMUC ( Endrődi 1966). Chalumeau (1982) did not consider the lectotype valid because Endrődi selected a specimen from Martinique rather than Guadeloupe, the type locality. Therefore, Chalumeau designated a neotype deposited at ZMUC.Holotype ♂ of C. annamariae at IREC ( Dutrillaux et al. 2013). Holotype ♂ of C. tridentata dominicensis in the Fortuné Chalumeau Collection ( Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978). The type material of M. biliturata was not reported by Endrődi (1966), and it is not with the other Gyllenhal Melolontha types at UUZM ( Wallin 2001).

Distribution.

BARBADOS. COLOMBIA: Cauca. DOMINICA: St. David, St. George, St. John, St. Joseph, St. Luke, St. Mark, St. Patrick, St. Paul. GRENADA: St. Andrew. GUADELOUPE: Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre. MARTINIQUE: Fort-de-France, La Trinité, Le Marin, Saint-Pierre. MONTSERRAT: Saint Georges. ST. LUCIA: Anse la Raye, Castries, Choiseul, Dauphin, Dennery, Micoud, Praslin, Soufrière, Vieux Fort. SURINAME.

References.

Voet 1769, Fabricius 1801, Gyllenhal 1817b, Dejean 1821, 1833, Burmeister 1847, Harold 1869b, Leng and Mutchler 1914, 1917, Dash 1922, Arrow 1937b, Blackwelder 1944, Paulian 1947, Zimsen 1964, Pike et al. 1976, Chalumeau and Gruner 1977, Cartwright and Chalumeau 1978, Chalumeau 1982, Endrődi 1966, 1985a, Dechambre 1980, 1992, Marquet and Roguet 2003, Restrepo et al. 2003, Kra jcik 2005, 2012, Giannoulis et al. 2012, Breeschoten et al. 2013, Dutrillaux et al. 2007, 2013, 2014, Ratcliffe and Cave 2015, Gasca-Álvarez and Deloya 2016, Peck 2009, 2016.

Remarks.

The identification of the specimens from Colombia and Suriname need to be critically evaluated ( Endrődi 1966, 1985a, Ratcliffe and Cave 2015). Chalumeau (1982) reported four specimens of C. tridentata from Puerto Rico, though major faunistic studies did not find additional specimens from Puerto Rico ( Ratcliffe and Cave 2015).