Cyclocephala undata (Olivier, 1789)

Melolontha undata Olivier 1789: 80 (Suriname)

= Cyclocephala rubicunda Burmeister 1847: 61 (French Guiana - LECTOTYPE)

Distribution. Guyana: Endrödi 1966a: 325, 1985a: 94, 137; Moore et al. 2018b: 258. Suriname: Olivier 1789: 80 (as Melolontha undata); Endrödi 1966a: 325 (designation NEOTYPE Melolontha undata), 1985a: 94, 137; Moore et al. 2018b: 258; MHCN; NZCS. French Guiana: Burmeister 1847: 61 (as C. rubicunda; as C. undata); Endrödi 1966a: 325, 1985a: 94, 137; Dechambre 1991: 124 (designation LECTOTYPE Cyclocephala rubicauda [sic]); Duranton 2011: 16; Ponchel 2011: 60; Dupuis 2016b: 109; Moore et al. 2018b: 258. “Guianas”: Arrow 1937b: 15, 16 (as C. rubicunda; as C. undata); Blackwelder 1944: 252, 253 (as C. rubicunda; as C. undata). Brazil: Endrödi 1966a: 325, 1985a: 94, 137; Moore et al. 2018b: 258.

Note 1. Moore et al. (2018b: 107) conclude that the neotype of Melolontha undata designated in Endrödi (1966a: 325) is invalid, because it violates several demands of Article 75 of the ICZN (1964: 81).

Note 2. See the note at Cyclocephala chera .