Pelidnota MacLeay, 1819

[188 species and 44 additional subspecies].

Type species Scarabaeus punctatus Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy. Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2003)

Odontognathus Laporte, 1840 . Type species Odontognathus unicolor Laporte, 1840 (= Pelidnota cuprea (Germar, 1824)), by monotypy. Synonymy by Ohaus (1934b).

Strigidia Burmeister, 1844 . Type species Rutela cuprea Germar, 1824, by original designation. Synonymy with Odontognathus by Harold (1869b).

Aglycoptera Sharp, 1885 . Type species Aglycoptera lacerdae Sharp, 1885 (= Pelidnota burmeisteri burmeisteri Burmeister, 1844), by monotypy. Synonymy by Ohaus (1934b).

Heteropelidnota Ohaus, 1912b . Type species Heteropelidnota kuhnti Ohaus, 1912, by monotypy. Synonymy by Moore et al. (2017).

Pelidnota (Ganonota) Ohaus, 1915a . Type species Rutelacuprea Germar,1824, bysubsequentdesignation of Machatschke (1972). Synonymy with Strigidia Burmeister by Machatschke (1970). Synonymy by Soula (2009).

Pelidnota (Delipnia) Casey, 1915 . Type species. Pelidnota belti Sharp, 1877, by monotypy. Synonym with Pelidnota (Ganonota) by Ohaus (1934b).

Pelidnota (Pelidnotidia) Casey, 1915 . Type species. Pelidnota strigosa Laporte, 1840, by original designation. Synonymy by Hardy (1974).