Cyclocephala

Cyclocephala
Western masked chafer (Cyclocephala hirta)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Superfamily:	Scarabaeoidea
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Dynastinae
Genus:	Cyclocephala Dejean, 1821
Species
Many, see text

Cyclocephala is a genus of scarab beetles from the subfamily Dynastinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Beetles of this genus occur from southeastern Canada to Argentina and the West Indies.

Adults of this genus are nocturnal or crepuscular, and are usually attracted to lights.^[1]

Selected species

This is a large genus and new species continue to be added.^[1]

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 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

References

1. Ratcliffe, Brett. "Cyclocephala". Generic Guide to New World Beetles. University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology. Retrieved 29 August 2012.