Ancognatha Erichson, 1847

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 : 110-111

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Genus Ancognatha Erichson, 1847 View in CoL

Ancognatha Erichson, 1847a: 97 View in CoL [original usage].

Cyclocephala Dejean View in CoL [synonymy by Lacordaire 1856: 398].

Ancognatha Erichson View in CoL [revalidated genus status by Bates 1888: 297].

Ancognatha View in CoL syn. Barotheus Bates, 1891: 30-31 View in CoL [original usage]. Type species: Barotheus andinus Bates, 1891 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Ancognatha Erichson View in CoL [synonymy by Endrődi 1966: 365].

Ancognatha View in CoL syn. Lissodon Paulian, 1954: 1154 View in CoL [original usage]. Type species: Lissodon argodi Paulian, 1954 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Ancognatha Erichson View in CoL [synonymy by Endrődi 1969b: 38].

Ancognatha View in CoL syn. Pseudoancognatha Otoya, 1945: 275 [original usage]. Proposed as a subgenus. Type species: Ancognatha nigriventris Otoya, 1945 View in CoL , by original designation. Ancognatha Erichson View in CoL [synonymy by Martínez 1965a: 64].

Type species.

Ancognatha scarabaeoides Erichson , subsequent designation by Casey 1915: 111.

Keys.

Saylor 1945 (USA), Arnett 1968 (USA), Endrődi 1966, 1985a, Figueroa and Ratcliffe 2016 (Peru), Moron View in CoL and Deloya 1991 (Mexico, Durango), Morón-Ríos and Moron View in CoL 2001 (Mexico, Chiapas), Ratcliffe et al. 2013 (Mexico), Neita-Moreno and Moron View in CoL 2008 (larvae), Vallejo and Moron View in CoL 2008 (larvae), Pardo-Locarno et al. 2006, Gasca-Álvarez and Amat-García 2010 (Colombia), Mondaca 2011 (Chile), Villalobos-Moreno et al. 2017 (Colombia), Ratcliffe and Cave 2017 (USA and Canada).

Valid taxa.

22 species.

References

Arnett, Jr RH, 1968. The beetles of the United States: A manual for identification. The American Entomological Institute, Ann Arbor, 1112 pp.

Bates, HW, 1888. Pectinicornia and Lamellicornia, Family Dynastidae. In: Salvin O, Godman FD (Eds) Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera, volume 2, part 2. RH Porter, London, 296-342.

Casey, TL, 1915. A review of the American species of Rutelinae, Dynastinae and Cetoniinae. Memoirs on the Coleoptera 11: 1-347.

Endrodi, S, 1966. Monographie der Dynastinae (Coleoptera, Lamellicornia). I. Teil. Entomologische Abhandlungen des Staatlichen Museums fuer Tierkunde Dresden 33: 1-460.

Endrodi, S, 1969b. Einige neue Cyclocephalini und Pentodontini (Coleoptera: Dynastinae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 15: 31-42.

Endrodi, S, 1985a. The Dynastinae of the World. Dr. W. Junk Publisher, Dordrecht, 800 pp. [+ 46 pls]

Figueroa, L, Ratcliffe, BC, 2016. A new species of Ancognatha Erichson (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini) from Peru, with distributions of Peruvian Ancognatha species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 70: 65-72. https://doi.org/10.1649/072.070.0107

Gasca-Alvarez, HJ, Amat-Garcia, G, 2010. Synopsis and key to the genera of Dynastinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Scarabaeidae) of Colombia. ZooKeys 34: 153-192. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.34.309

Lacordaire, JT, 1856. Histoire Naturelle de Insectes. Genera des Coleopteres ou Expose Methodique et Critique de Tous les Genres Proposes Jusqu'ici dans cet Ordre d'Insectes. Contenant les Families de Pectinicornes et Lamellicornes, Volume 3. Roret, Paris, 594 pp.

Martinez, A, 1965a. Notas Coleopterologicas X. Dos nuevas especies de Cyclocephalini Neotropicales (Dynastinae). Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 179: 63-74.

Mondaca, J, 2011. Primer registro de Cyclocephala modesta (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini) en Chile. Revista Chilena de Entomologia 36: 33-38.

Moron-Rios, A, Moron, MA, 2001. La fauna de ColeopteraMelolonthidae de la reserva de la biosfera El Triunfo, Chiapas, Mexico. Acta Zoologica Mexicana (n.s.)84: 1-25.

Moron, MA, Deloya, C, 1991. Los coleopteros lamelicornios de la Reserva de la Biosfera La Michilia, Durango, Mexico. Folia Entomologica Mexicana 81: 209-283.

Neita-Moreno, JC, Moron, MA, 2008. Estados immaduros de Ancognatha ustulata (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Cyclocephalini). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 79: 355-361.

Pardo-Locarno, LC, Gonzalez, R, Montoya-Lerma, J, 2006. Description of a new species and new country records of Ancognatha Erichson (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Colombia. Zootaxa 1139: 63-68.

Ratcliffe, BC, Cave, RD, Cano, EB, 2013. The dynastine scarab beetles of Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 27: 1-666.

Ratcliffe, BC, Cave, RD, 2017. The dynastine scarab beetles of the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 30: 1-298.

Saylor, LW, 1945. Synoptic revision of the United States scarab beetles of the subfamily Dynastinae, No. 1: Tribe Cyclocephalini. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 35: 378-386.

Vallejo, F, Moron, MA, 2008. Description of the immature stages and redescription of the adults of Ancognatha scarabaeoides Erichson (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), a member of the soil white grub assemblage in Colombia. The Coleopterists Bulletin 62: 154-164. https://doi.org/10.1649/1022.1

Villalobos-Moreno, A, Pardo-Locarno, LC, Cabrero-Sanudo, FJ, Ospina-Torres, R, Gomez-Murillo, IJ, 2017. Escarabajos fitofagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) de un robledal Andino del nororiente Colombiano. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa 61: 115-136.