Pelidnota xanthospila (Germar, 1824)

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

Pelidnota xanthospila (Germar, 1824)

Rutela xanthospila Germar, 1824: 119 [original combination].

Pelidnota xanthospila (Germar) [new combination by Burmeister 1844: 393-394].

Pelidnota (Ganonota) xanthospila (Germar) [new subgeneric combination by Ohaus 1918: 26].

Pelidnota (Strigidia) xanthospila (Germar) [new subgeneric combination by Machatschke 1970: 157].

Pelidnota (Odontognathus) xanthospila (Germar) [new subgeneric combination by Hardy 1975: 4].

Strigidia xanthospila (Germar) [new combination by Soula 2006: 26-27].

Pelidnota (Strigidia) xanthospila (Germar) [revised combination and revised subgeneric combination by Özdikmen 2009: 145].

Pelidnota xanthospila (Germar) [removal of subgeneric classification by Soula 2009: 116].

Rutela ornata Perty, 1830 synonym.

Rutela ornata Perty, 1830: 49 [original combination].

Pelidnota xanthospila (Germar) [syn. by Ohaus 1918: 26].

Rutela rubiginosa Laporte, 1840 synonym.

Rutela rubiginosa Laporte, 1840: 120 [original combination].

Pelidnota xanthospila var. rubiginosa (Laporte) [new combination and new infrasubspecific status by Ohaus 1918: 26].

Pelidnota xanthospila forma rubiginosa (Laporte) [revised infrasubspecific status by Machatschke 1972: 28].

Pelidnota xanthospila (Germar) [syn. by Krajcik 2008: 98].

Distribution.

BRAZIL: Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro ( Laporte 1840, Burmeister 1844, Blanchard 1851, Ohaus 1918, 1934b, Machatschke 1972, Soula 2006, Krajcik 2008).

Remarks.

This species has a great deal of color variation and variation in elytral maculae (broad, yellow to narrow and confined to near the base). The species is distributed in the Brazilian coastal states.