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''Cyclocephala'' is a genus of scarab beetles from the subfamily Dynastinae ( Coleoptera,
Scarabaeidae The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 35,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change. Several groups formerly tre ...
). Beetles of this genus occur from southeastern
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. Adults of this genus are nocturnal or crepuscular, and are usually attracted to lights.


Taxonomy

It was published by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean in 1821.''Cyclocephala'' Dejean, 1821. (n.d.). Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG). Retrieved December 3, 2024, from https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1306255 It is the type genus of the tribe Cyclocephalini.Moore, M. R., Cave, R. D., & Branham, M. A. (2018)
Annotated catalog and bibliography of the cyclocephaline scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Cyclocephalini).
ZooKeys, (745), 101.


Selected species

This is a large genus and new species continue to be added. *'' Cyclocephala almitana'' *'' Cyclocephala amazona'' *'' Cyclocephala amblyopsis'' *'' Cyclocephala atripes'' *'' Cyclocephala atripes'' *'' Cyclocephala barroensis'' *'' Cyclocephala brittoni'' *'' Cyclocephala borealis'' - Northern masked chafer *'' Cyclocephala carbonaria'' *'' Cyclocephala cartwrighti'' *'' Cyclocephala castanea'' *'' Cyclocephala castaniella'' *'' Cyclocephala colasi'' *'' Cyclocephala complanata'' *'' Cyclocephala concolor'' *'' Cyclocephala confusa'' *'' Cyclocephala conspicua'' *'' Cyclocephala discicollis'' *'' Cyclocephala discolor'' *'' Cyclocephala elegans'' *'' Cyclocephala epistomalis'' *'' Cyclocephala erotylina'' *'' Cyclocephala fasciolata'' *'' Cyclocephala fulgurata'' *'' Cyclocephala gravis'' *'' Cyclocephala gregaria'' *'' Cyclocephala hardyi'' *'' Cyclocephala herteli'' *'' Cyclocephala hirta'' - Western masked chafer *'' Cyclocephala howdeni'' *'' Cyclocephala kaszabi'' *'' Cyclocephala krombeini'' *'' Cyclocephala laminata'' *'' Cyclocephala ligyrina'' *'' Cyclocephala lunulata'' *'' Cyclocephala lurida'' *'' Cyclocephala macrophylla'' *'' Cyclocephala maffafa'' *'' Cyclocephala melanae'' *'' Cyclocephala melanocephala'' *'' Cyclocephala modesta'' *'' Cyclocephala nigerrima'' *'' Cyclocephala nigritarsis'' *'' Cyclocephala nigrobasalis'' *'' Cyclocephala nodanotherwon'' *'' Cyclocephala pan'' *'' Cyclocephala pardolocarnoi'' *'' Cyclocephala porioni'' *'' Cyclocephala prolongata'' *'' Cyclocephala puberula'' *'' Cyclocephala pubescens'' *'' Cyclocephala putrida'' *'' Cyclocephala quadripunctata'' *'' Cyclocephala rubescens'' *'' Cyclocephala sanguinicollis'' *'' Cyclocephala santaritae'' *'' Cyclocephala sexpunctata'' *'' Cyclocephala signaticollis'' *'' Cyclocephala sparsa'' *'' Cyclocephala spermophila'' *'' Cyclocephala stictica'' *'' Cyclocephala testacea'' *'' Cyclocephala variabilis'' *'' Cyclocephala weidneri'' *'' Cyclocephala zodion''


Etymology

The generic name ''Cyclocephala'' means "round head".Iowa State University. (n.d.). Genus ''Cyclocephala'' - masked chafers. Bugguide. Retrieved December 3, 2024, from https://bugguide.net/node/view/11449


Ecology


Pollination

Flowers of ''Nymphaea'' subg. ''Hydrocallis'' are pollinated by ''Cyclocephala'' beetles.Maia, A. C. D., de Lima, C. T., Navarro, D. M. D. A. F., Chartier, M., Giulietti, A. M., & Machado, I. C. (2014)
The floral scents of ''Nymphaea'' subg. ''Hydrocallis'' (Nymphaeaceae), the New World night-blooming water lilies, and their relation with putative pollinators.
Phytochemistry, 103, 67-75.M Cramer, J., Meeuse, A. D. J., & Teunissen, P. A. (1975)
A note on the pollination of nocturnally flowering species of ''Nymphaea''.
Acta Botanica Neerlandica, 24(5/6), 489-490. Likewise, flowers of ''Victoria'' are pollinated by ''Cyclocephala''.Seymour, R. S., & Matthews, P. G. (2006)
The role of thermogenesis in the pollination biology of the Amazon waterlily ''Victoria amazonica''.
Annals of Botany, 98(6), 1129-1135.


Predation

Several species of ''Cyclocephala'' serve as hosts for the parasitic larvae of the South American robber fly '' Mallophora ruficauda'', especially ''C. signaticollis.''


Herbivory

The larvae are root feeders.


See also

* List of ''Cyclocephala'' species


References


Further reading

* * * Scarabaeidae genera Dynastinae {{Dynastinae-stub