Pelidnota

Pelidnota is a genus of beetles of the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 180 described species in Pelidnota, found in the Neotropics.^[2][3][4]

Pelidnota
Pelidnota burmeisteri from Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Rutelinae
Tribe:	Rutelini
Genus:	Pelidnota MacLeay, 1819
Synonyms[1]
Aglycoptera Sharp, 1885 Chalcoplethis Burmeister, 1844 Delipia Casey, 1915 Delipnia Casey, 1915 Epichalcoplethis Bates, 1904 Gananota Ohaus, 1915 Ganonota Ohaus, 1915 Heteropelidnota Ohaus, 1912 Odontognathus Castelnau, 1840 Orodina Gistel, 1848 Pelidnotidia Casey, 1915 Strigidia Burmeister, 1844

Pelidnota sumptuosa

Pelidnota virescens

Pelidnota punctata

Pelidnota kirbyi

Subgenus and species

Species within this genus include the following:^[3][5]

• Pelidnota abracadabra Soula, 2009 (Mexico)
• Pelidnota acconciai Soula, 2009 (Venezuela)
• Pelidnota aeruginosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (Brazil)
• Pelidnota agnesae Soula, 2010 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota alliacea (Germar, 1823) (Brazil, Suriname)
• Pelidnota alutacea Bates, 1888 (Costa Rica, Panama)
• Pelidnota ancilla Bates, 1904 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota angiae Demez & Soula, 2010 (Peru)
• Pelidnota arnaudi Soula, 2009 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota aurescens Bates, 1888 (Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico)
• Pelidnota bahiana Ohaus, 1905
• Pelidnota beckeri Ferreira, Almeida & Bravo, 2017 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota belti Sharp, 1877
• Pelidnota beniouioui Soula, 2010 (Bolivia)
• Pelidnota beraudi Soula, 2009 (Colombia)
• Pelidnota bertrandi Soula, 2009 (Nicaragua)
• Pelidnota bivittata (Swederus, 1787) (Brazil)
• Pelidnota bleuzeni (Bouchard, 2003) (French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela)
• Pelidnota bondili (Soula, 2006) (Peru)
• Pelidnota boulangeri Soula, 2009 (Venezuela)
• Pelidnota boyi Ohaus, 1928 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota brusteli Soula, 2010 (Peru)
• Pelidnota burmeisteri Burmeister, 1844
• Pelidnota caesarea (Gistel, 1857) (Colombia)
• Pelidnota carlettii Soula, 2009 (Argentina)
• Pelidnota cayennensis Bates, 1904 (French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela)
• Pelidnota centroamericana Ohaus, 1913 (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico)
• Pelidnota cerdai (Soula, 2006) (French Guiana, Suriname)
• Pelidnota chalcopus Bates, 1888 (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras)
• Pelidnota chalcothorax Perty, 1830
• Pelidnota championi Bates, 1904 (Argentina)
• Pelidnota chiapasensis Soula, 2009 (Mexico)
• Pelidnota chibchana Ohaus, 1922 (Colombia)
• Pelidnota chimborazoensis Soula, 2009 (Ecuador)
• Pelidnota chiriquicola Ohaus, 1913 (Costa Rica, Panama)
• Pelidnota chiriquina Bates, 1904 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama)
• Pelidnota chlorana Erichson, 1847 (Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador)
• Pelidnota costaricensis Bates, 1888 (Costa Rica, Panama)
• Pelidnota courtini Soula, 2009 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota crassipes Ohaus, 1905 (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
• Pelidnota cribrata (Ohaus, 1913) (Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana)
• Pelidnota cuprea (Germar, 1823) (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
• Pelidnota cupripes Perty, 1830
• Pelidnota cyanipes (Kirby, 1818) (Argentina, Brazil)
• Pelidnota cyanitarsis (Gory, 1833) (Brazil)
• Pelidnota degallieri Soula, 2010 (Venezuela)
• Pelidnota dieteri Soula, 2011 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota discicollis Ohaus, 1912 (Brazil, Venezuela)
• Pelidnota dobleri Frey, 1967 (Bolivia, Brazil, Peru)
• Pelidnota drumonti Soula, 2009 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota dubia Bates, 1904 (Colombia)
• Pelidnota durantonorum Soula, 2009 (French Guiana, Suriname)
• Pelidnota ebenina (Blanchard, 1847) (Argentina, Bolivia)
• Pelidnota egana Ohaus, 1912 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota emerita (Olivier, 1789) (Central America)
• Pelidnota equatoriana Soula, 2009 (Ecuador)
• Pelidnota estebanabadiei Soula, 2009 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota estebandurani (Soula, 2006)
• Pelidnota everardoi Ferreira & Grossi, 2022 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota fabricelavalettei Soula, 2009 (French Guiana)
• Pelidnota fallax (Gistel, 1857) (Brazil)
• Pelidnota filippiniae Soula, 2009 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota flavovittata (Perty, 1830) (Brazil)
• Pelidnota fracida Bates, 1904 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota frommeri Hardy, 1975 (Neotropical)
• Pelidnota fulva Blanchard, 1851 (Bolivia, Brazil)
• Pelidnota fusciventris Ohaus, 1905
• Pelidnota fuscoviridis Ohaus, 1913 (Venezuela)
• Pelidnota gabrielae Martinez, 1979 (Venezuela)
• Pelidnota genieri (Soula, 2006) (Venezuela)
• Pelidnota gilletti Soula, 2009 (Mexico)
• Pelidnota girardi (Bouchard, 2003) (French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname)
• Pelidnota glaberrima Blanchard, 1851
• Pelidnota glabra Ohaus, 1922
• Pelidnota gounellei (Ohaus, 1908) (Brazil)
• Pelidnota gracilis (Gory, 1834)
• Pelidnota grangesi (Soula, 2006) (Bolivia)
• Pelidnota granulata (Gory, 1834) (Neotropical)
• Pelidnota grossiorum Soula, 2009 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota guatemalensis Bates, 1888 (Neotropical)
• Pelidnota gwendolinae (Soula, 2006) (Bolivia)
• Pelidnota halleri Demez & Soula, 2011 (Peru)
• Pelidnota herbacea Blanchard, 1851 (Bolivia)
• Pelidnota hernanlequericai (Soula, 2006) (Peru)
• Pelidnota hirsutiphallica Ratcliffe & Jameson, 1989 (Costa Rica, Panama)
• Pelidnota hoefigi Ohaus, 1912 (French Guiana, Peru)
• Pelidnota huetheri Howden, 1998 (Panama)
• Pelidnota impressicollis Ohaus, 1925 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota incerta (Soula, 2006) (Peru)
• Pelidnota injantepalominoi Demez & Soula, 2011 (Peru)
• Pelidnota instabilis Ohaus, 1912 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota jalapensis Bates, 1888 (Mexico)
• Pelidnota jolyi Martinez, 1982 (Brazil, Venezuela)
• Pelidnota kirschi Bates, 1904
• Pelidnota kucerai Soula, 2009 (Colombia)
• Pelidnota kuhnti (Ohaus, 1912) (Paraguay)
• Pelidnota labyrinthophallica Solis & Morón, 1994 (Costa Rica)
• Pelidnota lacazei Soula, 2010 (Peru)
• Pelidnota laevissima Burmeister, 1855 (Neotropical)
• Pelidnota lagoi Soula, 2011 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota langsdorffi (Mannerheim, 1828) (Brazil, French Guiana)
• Pelidnota liturella (Kirby, 1818)
• Pelidnota louzadai (Soula, 2006) (Brazil)
• Pelidnota lucae LeConte, 1863 (Mexico)
• Pelidnota luciae Ferreira & Grossi, 2022 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota lucida Burmeister, 1844 (Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela)
• Pelidnota ludovici Ohaus, 1905 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota lugubris LeConte, 1874 (Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico)
• Pelidnota luridipes Blanchard, 1851 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota malyi Soula, 2010 (Ecuador)
• Pelidnota mantillerii Soula, 2009 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota matogrossensis Frey, 1976 (Bolivia, Brazil)
• Pelidnota mezai Soula, 2009 (Peru)
• Pelidnota micobalaguerae (Soula, 2006)
• Pelidnota neitamorenoi (Soula, 2006)
• Pelidnota nitescens (Vigors, 1825) (Brazil)
• Pelidnota nordestina Ferreira, Almeida & Bravo, 2017 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota notata Blanchard, 1851 (Neotropics)
• Pelidnota ohausi Frey, 1976
• Pelidnota osculatii Guérin-Méneville, 1855 (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela)
• Pelidnota pallidipennis Bates, 1904 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota paraguayensis Bates, 1904 (Paraguay)
• Pelidnota parallela Hardy, 1975 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama)
• Pelidnota parvasedmagnifica (Soula & Moragues, 2006) (French Guiana, Suriname)
• Pelidnota pennata Ohaus, 1912 (Brazil, Nicaragua, Panama)
• Pelidnota pernambucana Ferreira, Almeida & Bravo, 2017 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota perplexa Hardy, 1975 (Mexico)
• Pelidnota peslieri Soula, 2009 (Peru)
• Pelidnota polita (Latreille, 1812)
• Pelidnota porioni Soula, 2010 (Peru)
• Pelidnota prasina Burmeister, 1844 (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela)
• Pelidnota prolixa Sharp, 1877 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama)
• Pelidnota pubes Ohaus, 1913 (Ecuador)
• Pelidnota pulchella (Kirby, 1818)
• Pelidnota punctata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Grapevine Beetle) (Nearctic)
• Pelidnota punctulata Bates, 1888
• Pelidnota purpurea Burmeister, 1844
• Pelidnota quadripunctata Bates, 1904 (French Guiana, Suriname)
• Pelidnota raingeardi Soula, 2009 (Ecuador)
• Pelidnota recondita Delgado, Deloya & Morón, 1988 (Mexico)
• Pelidnota rioensis Soula, 2009 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota rivascanteroi (Soula, 2006) (Brazil)
• Pelidnota rostrata Burmeister, 1844 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota rouchei (Soula, 2006) (Venezuela)
• Pelidnota rubripennis (Burmeister, 1844)
• Pelidnota rubriventris Blanchard, 1851 (Colombia, Panama)
• Pelidnota rugulosa Burmeister, 1844
• Pelidnota runica (Gistel, 1850) (French Guiana)
• Pelidnota sanctidomini Ohaus, 1905
• Pelidnota satipoensis Demez & Soula, 2010 (Peru)
• Pelidnota schneideri Soula, 2010 (Peru)
• Pelidnota semiaurata Burmeister, 1844
• Pelidnota sericeicollis Frey, 1976 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota sikorskii (Soula, 2006) (Brazil)
• Pelidnota silveiranetoi Ferreira, Vaz-de-Mello & Bravo, 2021 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota simoensi Soula, 2009 (Bolivia)
• Pelidnota soederstroemi Ohaus, 1908 (Ecuador)
• Pelidnota sordida (Germar, 1823) (Neotropical)
• Pelidnota striatopunctata (Kirsch, 1885) (Bolivia)
• Pelidnota strigosa Laporte, 1840 (Neotropical)
• Pelidnota subandina Ohaus, 1905
• Pelidnota sumptuosa (Vigors, 1825) (Neotropical)
• Pelidnota teocuitlamayatli Delgado, Deloya & Morón, 1988 (Mexico)
• Pelidnota testaceovirens Blanchard, 1851
• Pelidnota texensis Casey, 1915 (Oklahoma, Texas)
• Pelidnota thiliezi Soula, 2009 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota tibialis Burmeister, 1844
• Pelidnota toulgoeti (Soula, 2006) (Peru)
• Pelidnota touroulti Soula, 2008 (French Guiana, Suriname)
• Pelidnota tristis (Gistel, 1850) (Brazil)
• Pelidnota ulianai Soula, 2010 (Bolivia)
• Pelidnota uncinata Ohaus, 1930 (Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru)
• Pelidnota unicolor (Drury, 1782)
• Pelidnota ustarani (Martinez, 1967) (Brazil)
• Pelidnota vanderberghi Soula, 2010 (Bolivia)
• Pelidnota vazdemelloi (Soula, 2006) (Brazil)
• Pelidnota versicolor (Billberg, 1820) (Brazil)
• Pelidnota villavicencioensis Soula, 2010 (Colombia)
• Pelidnota virescens Burmeister, 1844 (Neotropical)
• Pelidnota viridicuprea Ohaus, 1908 (Ecuador)
• Pelidnota vitalisi Ohaus, 1925 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota vitticollis Burmeister, 1844 (Brazil)
• Pelidnota vladimalyi Moore & Jameson, 2013 (Ecuador)
• Pelidnota werneri (Soula, 2006) (Peru)
• Pelidnota xanthopyga Hardy, 1975 (Colombia, Honduras, Panama)
• Pelidnota xanthospila (Germar, 1823) (Brazil)
• Pelidnota yungasensis Soula, 2009 (Bolivia)
• Pelidnota zovii Soula, 2010 (Peru)