Genus of beetles
Masked chafers, Cyclocephala Cyclocephala is a genus of scarab beetles from the subfamily Dynastinae (Coleoptera , Scarabaeidae ). Beetles of this genus occur from southeastern Canada to Argentina , India and the West Indies .
Adults of this genus are nocturnal or crepuscular, and are usually attracted to lights.[1]
Selected species
Cyclocephala captured at nightThis is a large genus and new species continue to be added.[1]
Cyclocephala almitana
Cyclocephala amazona
Cyclocephala amblyopsis
Cyclocephala atripes
Cyclocephala atripes
Cyclocephala barroensis
Cyclocephala brittoni
Cyclocephala borealis - Northern masked chafer
Cyclocephala carbonaria
Cyclocephala cartwrighti
Cyclocephala castanea
Cyclocephala castaniella
Cyclocephala colasi
Cyclocephala complanata
Cyclocephala concolor
Cyclocephala confusa
Cyclocephala conspicua
Cyclocephala discicollis
Cyclocephala discolor
Cyclocephala elegans
Cyclocephala epistomalis
Cyclocephala erotylina
Cyclocephala fasciolata
Cyclocephala fulgurata
Cyclocephala gravis
Cyclocephala gregaria
Cyclocephala hardyi
Cyclocephala herteli
Cyclocephala hirta - Western masked chafer
Cyclocephala howdeni
Cyclocephala kaszabi
Cyclocephala krombeini
Cyclocephala laminata
Cyclocephala ligyrina
Cyclocephala lunulata
Cyclocephala lurida
Cyclocephala macrophylla
Cyclocephala maffafa
Cyclocephala melanae
Cyclocephala melanocephala
Cyclocephala modesta
Cyclocephala nigerrima
Cyclocephala nigritarsis
Cyclocephala nigrobasalis
Cyclocephala nodanotherwon
Cyclocephala pan
Cyclocephala pardolocarnoi
Cyclocephala porioni
Cyclocephala prolongata
Cyclocephala puberula
Cyclocephala pubescens
Cyclocephala putrida
Cyclocephala quadripunctata
Cyclocephala rubescens
Cyclocephala sanguinicollis
Cyclocephala santaritae
Cyclocephala sexpunctata
Cyclocephala signaticollis
Cyclocephala sparsa
Cyclocephala spermophila
Cyclocephala stictica
Cyclocephala testacea
Cyclocephala variabilis
Cyclocephala weidneri
Cyclocephala zodion
Predation
Several species of Cyclocephala serve as hosts for the parasitic larvae of the South American robber fly Mallophora ruficauda , especially C. signaticollis. [2]