Pelidnota granulata (Gory, 1834)

Rutela granulata Gory 1834: 112 (French Guiana - NEOTYPE)

Distribution. Guyana: Ohaus 1912: 299, 1934: 84 (as P. (Chalcoplethis) granulata); Blackwelder 1944: 237; Machatschke 1972: 31 (as P. (Chalcoplethis) granulata); Moore et al. 2017: 208. Suriname: MHCN - NEW COUNTRY RECORD (Suriname, Para, 5 km S of Powakka, (5°24′20″N, 55°05′25″W). 29/ 30-V-2014. A. J. Hielkema. On UV/HPL.); NZCS. French Guiana: Gory 1834: 112 (as Rutela granulata); Ohaus 1912: 299, 1934: 84 (as P. (Chalcoplethis) granulata); Blackwelder 1944: 237; Machatschke 1972: 31 (as P. (Chalcoplethis) granulata); Soula 2006: 67 (as Strigidia granulata), 2010a: 55, 2010b: 31 (designation NEOTYPE Rutela granulata); Brûlé et al. 2011a: 192 (as Strigidia granulata), 2014: 182; Brûlé and Dalens 2012a annex 4: 18 (as Strigidia granulata), 2012b: 37; Brûlé and Touroult 2013: 40; Moore et al. 2017: 208; MHCN; NZCS. Brazil: Moore et al. 2017: 208. Venezuela (EO): RMNH (EO).

Note. Although Soula (2006: 67) mentions the Guianas (“Les Guyanes”) as the area of distribution of Pelidnota granulata, he mentions only French Guiana explicitly.