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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Rhinoceros Beetles (Dynastinae) » Cyclocephalini » Masked Chafers (Cyclocephala) » Cyclocephala melanocephala

Species Cyclocephala melanocephala

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited
Scarabaeidae - Cyclocephala melanocephala Scarab - Cyclocephala melanocephala Female Cyclocephala melanocephala? - Cyclocephala melanocephala - female Cyclocephala melanocephala May Beetle - Cyclocephala melanocephala May Beetle - Cyclocephala melanocephala Cyclocephala melanocephala ? - Cyclocephala melanocephala Cyclocephala melanocephala? - Cyclocephala melanocephala
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Dynastinae (Rhinoceros Beetles)
Tribe Cyclocephalini
Genus Cyclocephala (Masked Chafers)
Species melanocephala (Cyclocephala melanocephala)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Syn: Cyclocephala dimidiata Burmeister 1847
Explanation of Names
Cyclocephala melanocephala (Fabricius 1775)
Identification
pronotal coloration variable:

hard to separate from C. laminata(1)
Range
s. CA-TX (Brazos River) to Columba - Map (2)(3)(4)
Life Cycle
often found inside jimsonweed flowers (Datura, Solanaceae) during the day
Remarks
apparently uncommon at lights
Works Cited
1.An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas.
Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.
2.Synoptic revision of the United States scarab beetles of the subfamily Dynastinae, No. 1: Tribe Cyclocephalini
Saylor L.W. 1945. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 35: 378‒386.
3.California Beetle Project
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 26 June, 2008 - 6:02pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 22 June, 2022 - 3:48am

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