<documentID-CLB-Dataset="33275"ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.666.9191"ID-PMC="PMC5534527"ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-666-1"ID-Pensoft-UUID="C43EEB41A94B930FFE439D1FAD29FF9C"ID-PubMed="28769631"ID-Zenodo-Dep="579453"ID-ZooBank="B3C377E8BBB14F328AECA2C22D1E625A"ModsDocID="1313-2970-666-1"checkinTime="1491551283800"checkinUser="pensoft"docAuthor="Moore, Matthew R., Jameson, Mary L., Garner, Beulah H., Audibert, Cedric, Smith, Andrew B. T. & Seidel, Matthias"docDate="2017"docId="A6C9C7BB9E6DED6C07DD9913136AEA73"docLanguage="en"docName="C43EEB41A94B930FFE439D1FAD29FF9C"docOrigin="ZooKeys 666"docPubDate="2017-04-06"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.666.9191"docTitle="Epichalcoplethis F. Bates 1904"docType="treatment"docVersion="9"id="C43EEB41A94B930FFE439D1FAD29FF9C"lastPageNumber="1"masterDocId="C43EEB41A94B930FFE439D1FAD29FF9C"masterDocTitle="Synopsis of the pelidnotine scarabs (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini) and annotated catalog of the species and subspecies"masterLastPageNumber="349"masterPageNumber="1"pageNumber="1"updateTime="1719493172494"updateUser="carolina">
<mods:titleid="BD79C19901B714A8EB167A12ABE11F6F">Synopsis of the pelidnotine scarabs (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini) and annotated catalog of the species and subspecies</mods:title>
<mods:namePartid="D571247014F68D73DD92B22F3ED8993F">Moore, Matthew R.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="728A56D1C8F616A4BB8BAA3509D617C6">Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida Building 1881 Natural Drive Area, Steinmetz Hall, Box 110620, Gainesville, FL 32611 - 0620, USA</mods:affiliation>
<mods:namePartid="25EFE814AB7FFEA04384B61FF41A4005">Garner, Beulah H.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="BED31D060AF4B7DB7D4EAF58D7F4FC08">Natural History Museum, Insects Division, Department of Life Sciences, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="53B8A276F48AF3D4BA7BCE9D0B737EF6">Musee des Confluences, Centre de Conservation et d'Etude des Collections, 13 A Rue Bancel, F- 69007 Lyon, France</mods:affiliation>
<mods:namePartid="29826D1B15A78F995C97458D3A237089">Smith, Andrew B. T.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="8264B5A6FFA6850B305276358BE8EAC1">Research Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, P. O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario, K 1 P 6 P 4, Canada</mods:affiliation>
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<figureCitationid="3856BC6ACC360B144DF30E85E578A874"captionStart="Figure 2"captionStartId="F2"captionText="Figure 2. Characters of the mesofemora and metatibiae in pelidnotine genera. A Epichalcoplethis aciculata (F. Bates), metatibia somewhat flattened (dorsal view) B Pelidnota virescens, metatibia not flattened (dorsal view) C Mecopelidnota sp., metatibia at base with a semicircular notch D Pseudogeniates cordobaensis Moore et al., metatibia simple at base E Mesomerodon gilletti Soula male, acute production of posterior margin of mesotibia (ventral view)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.666.9191.figure2"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/130430"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">Figs 2A</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="2DD0424BBBD968E4210B182FD9F9378C"captionStart="Figure 15"captionStartId="F15"captionText="Figure 15. Epichalcoplethis aciculata (F. Bates), male specimen. A Dorsal habitus B Lateral habitus C Male genitalia, lateral view D Male genitalia, dorsal view."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.666.9191.figure15"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/130443"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">, 15</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="35C5351FBB53A71363FDDA2E09A09E0A"captionStart="Figure 16"captionStartId="F16"captionText="Figure 16. Epichalcoplethis gilletti Soula holotype male from BMNH. A Dorsal habitus B Lateral habitus C Specimen labels."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.666.9191.figure16"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/130444"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">, 16</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="9A09F56BC1F53000CFEC8DA4DF030F04"captionStart="Figure 17"captionStartId="F17"captionText="Figure 17. Epichalcoplethis santistebani Bouchard and Soula holotype male from CCECL. A Dorsal habitus B Male genitalia, dorsal view C Specimen labels."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.666.9191.figure17"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/130445"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">, 17</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="CAF521208C7C13B3D3B4EBE96A63BF73"captionStart="Figure 18"captionStartId="F18"captionText="Figure 18. Pelidnota sanctijacobi Ohaus (valid name Epichalcoplethis sanctijacobi [Ohaus]) type male from ZMHB. A Dorsal habitus B Lateral habitus C Specimen labels, mouthparts, and male genitalia D Male genitalia, lateral view E Male parameres, dorsal view."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.666.9191.figure18"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/130446"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">, 18</figureCitation>
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<bibRefCitationid="C8E8389999B10F54F7375EFE9C399E39"author="Soula, M"journalOrPublisher="AECFT, Saintry"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"refId="B358"refString="Soula, M, 2006. Les Coleopteres du Nouveau Monde. Volume 1: Rutelini 1. Revision des Pelidnotina 1 et des Lasiocalina. Une revision des genres Strigidia, Chalcoplethis, Epichalcoplethis, Sorocha, Lasiocala, Minilasiocala, Pseudochlorota, Homeochlorota, Pachacama (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini: Pelidnotina et Lasiocalina). Besoiro: Supplement au Bulletin de liaison de l'Association Entomologique pour la Connaissance de la Faune Tropicale. AECFT, Saintry"title="Les Coleopteres du Nouveau Monde. Volume 1: Rutelini 1. Revision des Pelidnotina 1 et des Lasiocalina. Une revision des genres Strigidia, Chalcoplethis, Epichalcoplethis, Sorocha, Lasiocala, Minilasiocala, Pseudochlorota, Homeochlorota, Pachacama (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini: Pelidnotina et Lasiocalina). Besoiro: Supplement au Bulletin de liaison de l'Association Entomologique pour la Connaissance de la Faune Tropicale."year="2006">Soula (2006)</bibRefCitation>
including form of the male genitalia, pronotal bead which is obsolete apicomedially, lack of spinules at apex of metatibia, well-developed prosternal process, and mesometasternal keel surpassing the mesocoxae. Sister-group relationships require examination.
) and apex lacking spinules; meso- and metatarsomere 5 lacking internomedial tooth; punctate-striate elytra; elytral epipleuron shelf-like (not rounded); pronotum with bead incomplete apically (complete laterally and basally); mandibles that are bidentate externally; prosternal process well-developed; and, mesometasternal keel surpassing the mesocoxae.
(Herbst) differs from other species in the genus based on the form of the male parameres, form of the metatibia in the male (not compressed laterally and apex with a well-developed corbel). For many years, this large and conspicuous species was misidentified as
Species in the genus are distributed from Guatemala and Belize, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and south to Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay. In Grenada,
