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Published: 2021-10-22
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A new species Cyclocephala Dejean, 1821 from Bolivia (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini)

Systematics Research Collections, University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE 68588 USA
Taxonomy new species Scarabaeidae Cyclocephalini South America

Abstract

Cyclocephala vulcanorum is described as a new species from the Refugio Los Volcanes in Santa Cruz de la Sierra Department in Bolivia. A description, a diagnosis separating the new species from similar species, illustrations, and a distribution map are provided.

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