Hoplopelidnota metallica (Laporte, 1840)

Pelidnota metallica Laporte 1840: 122 (French Guiana)

= Hoplopelidnota candezei F. Bates 1904: 274 (French Guiana)

= Hoplopelidnota armata Ohaus 1912: 309 (French Guiana) - Moore and Jameson 2013: 381 (syn. nov.)

Distribution. Guyana: Moore et al. 2017: 130. Suriname: MHCN - NEW COUNTRY RECORD (Suriname, Sipaliwini.). French Guiana: Laporte 1840: 122 (as Pelidnota metallica); F. Bates 1904: 274 (as H. candezei); Ohaus 1912: 309 (as H. armata), 1934: 58, 85 (as H. candezei; as Pelidnota metallica); Blackwelder 1944: 235, 237 (as H. candezei; as Pelidnota metallica); Machatschke 1972: 11 (as H. candezei); Soula 2008: 17 (designation NEOTYPE Pelidnota metallica), 2010a: 55; Brûlé et al. 2011b: 120, 2014: 182; Moore et al. 2017: 130. Brazil (NA): Moore et al. 2017: 130 (NA). Venezuela (EO): Moore et al. 2017: 130 (EO). Other: Blackwelder 1944 (not mentioned - as H. armata); Machatschke 1972 (not mentioned - as H. armata).

Note 1. Machatschke (1972: 11) synonymizes Pelidnota metallica Laporte, 1840 with Hoplopelidnota candezei F. Bates, 1904, but for untold reasons gives priority to the name of F. Bates rather than to the name of Laporte. This is corrected in Soula (2008: 17).

Note 2. The neotype of Pelidnota metallica designated in Soula (2008: 17) is rendered invalid in Moore et al. (2017: 132).