Cybocephalus nipponicus Endrödy-Younga

López-Guerrero, Irma, 2007, Figs. 30 – 33. Attavicinus monstrosus. 30 in Comparison of Mouthpart Morphology of Three Species of Mexican Oniticellini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in Relation to Their Trophic Habits, The Coleopterists Bulletin 61 (4), pp. 503-508 : 503-508

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scientific name	Cybocephalus nipponicus Endrödy-Younga
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Cybocephalus nipponicus Endrödy-Younga View in CoL

Cybocephalus nipponicus Endrödy-Younga 1971 a: 244–245 View in CoL .

Description. For descriptions of both sexes, see Smith and Cave (2006 a).

Distribution. Asia, southern Europe, Micronesia, eastern North America, South Africa, and the West Indies.

Hosts. See Smith and Cave (2006 a, 2007).

Material Examined. TAIWAN: Pingtung Co ., Pingtung, III-2006, coll. R. Bailey, hand collected, feeding on Aulacaspis yasumatsui (7Oi, 4♀, FSCA), New

Country Record.

Remarks. Cybocephalus nipponicus seems to be native to Southeast Asia and the South Pacific (Endrödy-Younga 1971 b; Tian 2006), but has been introduced all over the world. This beetle has been released in North America (Drea and Carlson 1988; Van Driesche et al. 1998; Howard et al. 1999 [misidentified as Cybocephalus binotatus Grouvelle ]), the West Indies (Smith and Cave 2007), South Africa (Labuschange et al. 1998 [misidentified as C. binotatus ]), and southern Europe (Lupi 2003). This is the first published record of C. nipponicus in Taiwan.