Stenocrates rufipennis (Fabricius, 1801)

Melolontha rufipennis Fabricius 1801b: 167 (Guyana - LECTOTYPE)

Distribution. Guyana: Endrödi 1966a: 435 (designation LECTOTYPE Melolontha rufipennis), 1985a: 180; Ratcliffe 2015c: 778; Moore et al. 2018b: 299. Suriname: MHCN - NEW COUNTRY RECORD (Suriname, Commewijne, Plantage Puttenzorg, (5°46′56″N, 55°05′50″W). 4-XII-2010. A. J. Hielkema. On UV/HPL in secondary forest.); NZCS. French Guiana: Endrödi 1966a: 435, 1985a: 180; Duranton 2011: 19; Ratcliffe 2015c: 778; Dupuis 2016b: 103, 109, 2017a: 55; Moore et al. 2018b: 299. “Guianas”: Arrow 1937b: 19; Blackwelder 1944: 253. Brazil: Endrödi 1966a: 435, 1985a: 180; Ratcliffe 2015c: 778; Moore et al. 2018b: 299. Venezuela (EO): Kirmse and Ratcliffe 2019: 153 (EO). Other: Fabricius 1801b: 167 (South America - as Melolontha rufipennis); Endrödi 1966a: 435 (Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador), 1985a: 180 (Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador); Ponchel 2011 (not mentioned); Ratcliffe 2015c: 778 (Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador); Moore et al. 2018b: 299 (Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador).

Note. For additional records of Stenocrates rufipennis, see S. clipeatus . Explanations are given in the note at S. clipeatus .