''Cyclocephala nodanotherwon'' is a species of

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in the scarab family. It has only been found in

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. Brett C. Ratcliffe described and named the species in 1992.

Taxonomic history and etymology

Brett C. Ratcliffe, an entomologist at the

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(UNSM), formally named and described this species, along with eight other Brazilian ''Cyclocephala'' species, in a 1992 paper. He based his description of ''C. nodanotherwon'' on three specimens, collected from 1980 to 1981 by Robin Best of the

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. The male

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and female allotype were both deposited in the UNSM. The specific name, ''nodanotherwon'', is

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referring to the English phrase "not another one". Ratcliffe's description listed its etymology as "the result of an arbitrary combination of letters", but that it resulted in "a species name not inappropriate in such a large genus". ''Cyclocephala'' is the largest genus in the subfamily

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, with approximately 350 described species ; at least 240 ''Cyclocephala'' species had already been described by the time Ratcliffe wrote his description of ''C. nodanotherwon''. Various lists of humorous taxon names have included this species name as an example.

Distribution

The type locality, where all three specimens in the initial description were collected, is Lago Anamã, in the Brazilian state of Amazonas about west-southwest of

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Description

Their body is reddish-brown and leather-like, with triangular black marks near their eyes. Their antennae consist of ten segments. The males are long and wide; the female is long and wide. It is similar in appearance to '' C. gravis'', '' C. munda'', and '' C. divaricata''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q14868560 Beetles described in 1992 Beetles of South America Invertebrates of Brazil Dynastinae