Bothynus cylindricus Arrow, 1937

Ratcliffe, Brett C., Cave, Ronald D. & Mondaca, José, 2021, The Dynastine Scarab Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) of Chile, The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (2), pp. 279-309 : 303-304

Bothynus cylindricus Arrow, 1937 ( Fig. 55 )

Bothynus cylindricus Arrow 1937: 44 (original combination).

This species is recorded from southern Brazil and central Argentina ( Córdoba ) ( Endrödi 1969). We have a single male from the MNNC, which is labeled “ CHILE: Región IV (Coquimbo) / Elqui Prov., Pisco Elqui / January 2005; G. Castillo ”. The route through Pisco Elqui is an international road that goes to the border with Argentina, and there it is common to find records of Argentine insects that are not established in Chile. The possibility remains that the specimens arrived in the area of Pisco Elqui as a result of inadvertent international trade .

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Figures

Figs. 51–56. 51) Cyclocephala crepuscularis; 52) Cyclocephala lutea; 53) Cyclocephala putrida; 54) Dyscinetus dubius; 55) Bothynus cylindricus; 56) Coelosis biloba, a) Male, b) Lateral view of male head, c) Female (Images courtesy of Jean-Louis Giuglaris, French Guiana).