VARIACION EN LOS PATRONES DE PIGMENTACION EN TRES ESPECIES DE CYCLOCEPHALA BURMEISTER (COLEOPTERA: MELOLONTHIDAE; DYNASTINAE)

摘要

Color patterns observed in 1,215 males and females of Cydocephala compianata Burmeister, C. sexpunctata Castelnau and C. mafaffa Burmeister, collected in 62 Mexican localities are described and illustrated. Proportions of the different color patterns in both sexes, in different localities and collecting dates are analyzed; extreme variation and dominant color patterns in each species are exposed.