Cyclocephala variabilis Burmeister, 1847

Cyclocephala variabilis Burmeister 1847: 44 (Brazil)

Distribution. Guyana: RMNH - NEW COUNTRY RECORD (Demerara, Georgetown [= Guyana].). French Guiana: Endrödi 1966a: 326; Duranton 2011: 16 (?); Ponchel 2011: 60; Dupuis 2016b: 109; Moore et al. 2018b: 258. Brazil (NA): Burmeister 1847: 44; Arrow 1937b: 16; Blackwelder 1944: 253; Endrödi 1966a: 326; Andreazze and Fonseca 1998: 61 (NA); Moore et al. 2018b: 258. Venezuela: Endrödi 1966a: 326; Moore et al. 2018b: 258. Other: Blackwelder 1944: 253 (Argentina); Endrödi 1966a: 326 (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama), 1985a: 54, 133 (Argentina–Mexico); Lachaume 1992: 12 (Argentina–Mexico); Moore et al. 2018b: 258 (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Uruguay).

Note. According to Ratcliffe et al. (2013: 598), the record of Cyclocephala variabilis from Mexico in Endrödi (1966a: 326), and by extension the copies of this record in Endrödi (1985a: 54, 133) and Lachaume (1992: 12), are incorrect, as this species only occurs in South America and Panama.