Epichalcoplethis velutipes velutipes (Arrow, 1900)

Moore, Matthew R., Jameson, Mary L., Garner, Beulah H., Audibert, Cedric, Smith, Andrew B. T. & Seidel, Matthias, 2017, Synopsis of the pelidnotine scarabs (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini) and annotated catalog of the species and subspecies, ZooKeys 666, pp. 1-349 : 1

Epichalcoplethis velutipes velutipes (Arrow, 1900)

Pelidnota velutipes Arrow, 1900: 179 [original combination].

Epichalcoplethis velutipes (Arrow) [new combination by F. Bates 1904: 253, 272-273].

Pelidnota (Chalcoplethis) velutipes Arrow [revised combination and new subgeneric combination by Ohaus 1918: 29].

Epichalcoplethis velutipes (Arrow) [new combination by Soula 2006: 109-111].

Distribution.

GRENADA ( Leng and Mutchler 1914, Machatschke 1972, Hardy 1975, Chalumeau 1985, Soula 2006, Krajcik 2008, Peck 2010, 2016). GUATEMALA: Petén ( Hardy 1975, Chalumeau 1985, Soula 2006). HONDURAS: Atlántida ( Hardy 1975, Chalumeau 1985, Soula 2006). MEXICO: Chiapas ( Palacios-Rios et al. 1990, Thomas 1993, Soula 2006). ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES: St. Vincent ( Ohaus 1918, 1934b, Chalumeau 1985, Soula 2006, Peck 2010, 2016). TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Trinidad, Tobago ( Ohaus 1918, 1934b, Chalumeau 1985, Peck et al. 2002, Peck 2016). VENEZUELA ( Ohaus 1918, 1934b, Chalumeau 1985, Soula 2006, Peck 2010, 2016).

Types.

1 ♂ type at at BMNH ( Hardy 1975).