An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas
Author
Hielkema, Auke J.
Author
Hielkema, Meindert A.
text
Insecta Mundi
2019
2019-10-25
732
732
1
306
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.3678492
8e18452b-1d9d-462e-bac8-8c86eeb4ddc3
1942-1354
3678492
930EAB11-37FA-41B0-980A-1A4736527842
ยง
Gymnetis undata
(
Olivier, 1789
)
Cetonia undata
Olivier 1789: 84
(
French Guiana
)
Distribution.
Suriname
:
Ratcliffe 2018: 223
.
French Guiana
:
Olivier 1789: 84
(as
Cetonia undata
);
Ratcliffe 2018: 223
.
Brazil
:
Schenkling 1921: 99
;
Blackwelder 1944: 263
(as
Paragymnetis chalcipes undata
).
Other:
Schenkling 1921: 99
(
Argentina
,
Haiti
);
Blackwelder 1944: 263
(
Argentina
, Hispaniola - as
Paragymnetis chalcipes undata
);
Ratcliffe 2018: 223
(
Dominican Republic
,
Haiti
,
Puerto Rico
).
Note 1.
According to
Ratcliffe (2018: 223)
, only singletons of
Gymnetis undata
are known from both
Suriname
and
French Guiana
. Given that this species is otherwise only found on several of the West Indian islands over
1600 km
away, we consider it likely that the specimens from
Suriname
and
French Guiana
are either mislabeled or were accidentally transported from the islands on which they naturally occur. We consider this species neither naturally occurring in the research area nor having an established adventive population there.
Note 2.
The records of
Gymnetis undata
for
Brazil
and
Argentina
in
Schenkling (1921: 99)
and
Blackwelder (1944: 263)
may, according to
Ratcliffe (2018)
, be based on an error in
Gory and Percheron (1833: 356
(not 556)) and confusion with the rather similar
Gymnetis chalcipes
Gory and Percheron (1833: 71
, 354), which occurs only in southern and eastern South America.