Epichalcoplethis chamaeleon (Herbst, 1789)

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 chamaeleon (Herbst, 1789)

Scarabaeus chamaeleon Herbst, 1789: 247-248 [original combination].

Pelidnota chamaeleon (Herbst) [new combination by Burmeister 1844: 407].

Pelidnota ignita var. chamaeleon (Herbst) [new infrasubspecific status by F. Bates 1904: 259].

Pelidnota (Chalcoplethis) chamaeleon (Herbst) [new subgeneric combination and revised species status by Ohaus 1918: 29].

Epichalcoplethis chamaeleon (Herbst) [new combination by Soula 2006: 108].

Pelidnota equestris Laporte, 1840 synonym.

Pelidnota equestris Laporte, 1840: 122 [original combination].

Pelidnota ignita (Olivier) [syn. by Burmeister 1844: 408].

Chalcoplethis chamaeleon (Herbst) [syn. by Ohaus 1918: 29].

Epichalcoplethis chamaeleon (Herbst) [syn. by Soula 2006: 108].

Cetonia ignita Olivier, 1789 synonym.

Cetonia ignita Olivier, 1789: 69-70 [original combination].

Rutela ignita (Olivier) [new combination by Schönherr 1817: 150].

Pelidnota ignita (Olivier) [new combination by Burmeister 1844: 407].

Chalcoplethis chamaeleon var. ignita (Olivier) [new combination and new infrasubspecific status by Ohaus 1918: 29].

Chalcoplethis chamaeleon forma ignita (Olivier) [revised infrasubspecific status by Machatschke 1972: 32].

Epichalcoplethis chamaeleon (Herbst) [syn. by Soula 2006: 108].

Distribution.

BRAZIL: Amazonas, Roraima (INPA) ( Laporte 1840, Ohaus 1918, 1934b, Blackwelder 1944, Machatschke 1972). COLOMBIA: Meta ( Burmeister 1844, Blanchard 1851, Ohaus 1918, 1934b, Blackwelder 1944, Machatschke 1972, Restrepo et al. 2003, Krajcik 2008). FRENCH GUIANA: Cayenne, St.-Laurent du Maroni ( Olivier 1789, Burmeister 1844, Ohaus 1918, Machatschke 1972, Krajcik 2008, Soula 2010c). GUYANA: Demerara-Mahaica (MNRJ) ( Ohaus 1918). SURINAME ( Olivier 1789, Ohaus 1934b, Machatschke 1972). TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Trinidad ( Ohaus 1918, 1934b, Blackwelder 1944, Machatschke 1972, Soula 2006). VENEZUELA ( Ohaus 1918, 1934b, Blackwelder 1944, Machatschke 1972, Soula 2006).

Remarks.

Voet (1769) is often cited as the author for this species. However, names in Voet’s Catalogus Systematicus Coleopterorum (1778 and subsequent editions) are not consistently binomial (ICZN, Art. 11.4). As such, all of Voet’s names are rejected ( Löbl and Smetana 2011). Soula (2006) credited Herbst (1769) as the author of the species.