Pycnocephalus deyrolli (Reitter)

Smith, Trevor Randall, 2022, Review of the Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera) of North America and the West Indies with descriptions of two new species of Cybocephalus Erichson, Insecta Mundi 2022 (950), pp. 1-35 : 28

Pycnocephalus deyrolli (Reitter)

( Fig. 153–160 )

Pycnocephalus deyrolli (Reitter) 1875: 55 –56. Type species: Cybocephalus deyrolli Reitter 1875: 55–56 ; by monotypy. Combination by T. R. Smith in Smith and Cave 2007a: 171–172 .

Distribution. Central America ( Nicaragua, Panama) and South America ( Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Trinidad, Venezuela).

Hosts. Unknown.

Remarks. This species is found extensively in Central and South America. It is only included in this publication because Trinidad was combined with the West Indies due to geographic proximity. All specimens collected in Trinidad were collected by hand. Most specimens in Central and South America were collected from sweeping vegetation, beating vegetation, or canopy fogging.

Figures

Figures 153–160. Pycnocephalus deyrollei (Reitter). 153) Antenna. 154) Proleg. 155) Mesoleg. 156) Metaleg. 157) Median lobe. 158) Median lobe, lateral view. 159) Basal plate, variant. 160) Basal plate, variant.