Scarab beetle Cyclocephala panthera (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini): redescription and the first record from Colombia
H.J. Gasca-Álvarez
& U. Bosia
Abstract. The scarab beetle Cyclocephala panthera Dechambre, 1979, previously known from Brazil, Bolivia and Peru, is recorded from Colombia for the first time and redescribed. The redescription is provided with illustrations of the diagnostic characters and a map of the known distribution of the species.
Key words: scarab beetles, geographic distribution, redescription, Colombia, Scarabaeidae, Cyclocephala panthera
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2020, 29(2): 165–171 ▪ Published online 15 August 2020
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2020.29.2.165 ▪ Open full article 
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