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<mods:title>Synopsis of the pelidnotine scarabs (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini) and annotated catalog of the species and subspecies</mods:title>
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<figureCitation 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>
<figureCitation 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>
<figureCitation 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>
<figureCitation 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>
<figureCitation 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>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Epichalcoplethis velutipes romeroi Soula holotype male and allotype female from CCECL. A Dorsal habitus, holotype B Specimens labels, holotype C Specimen labels, allotype D Male genitalia dorsal view, holotype E Dorsal habitus, allotype." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.666.9191.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/130447" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 19</figureCitation>
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Arrow, 1900.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Species.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">16 species and subspecies; length 15-19 mm.</paragraph>
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Previously considered a subgenus of
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,
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was circumscribed by
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as distinct from the monotypic genus
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and composed of 16 species and subspecies.
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shares many characters with species of
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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.
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Species in the genus
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can be diagnosed, in part, based on the following characters: metatibia weakly compressed (strongly compressed in
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) 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.
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(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
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Burmeister.
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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,
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is common in the temperate zone from April to May (
<bibRefCitation author="Chalumeau, F" journalOrPublisher="Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="231 - 260" refId="B37" refString="Chalumeau, F, 1985. Les Rutelinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) des Antilles. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 58: 231 - 260" title="Les Rutelinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) des Antilles." volume="58" year="1985">Chalumeau 1985</bibRefCitation>
). Although the larvae are not described for this species,
<bibRefCitation author="Chalumeau, F" journalOrPublisher="Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="231 - 260" refId="B37" refString="Chalumeau, F, 1985. Les Rutelinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) des Antilles. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 58: 231 - 260" title="Les Rutelinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) des Antilles." volume="58" year="1985">Chalumeau (1985)</bibRefCitation>
noted that he obtained larvae from the decaying trunks of mango trees.
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