# Pelidnota

Pelidnota is a genus of beetles of the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 180 described species in Pelidnota, found in the Neotropics.

## Subgenus and species

Species within this genus include the following:
* Pelidnota abracadabra Soula, 2009 (Mexico)
* Pelidnota acconciai Soula, 2009 (Venezuela)
* Pelidnota aeruginosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (Brazil)
* Pelidnota agnesae Soula, 2010 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota alliacea (Germar, 1823) (Brazil, Suriname)
* Pelidnota alutacea Bates, 1888 (Costa Rica, Panama)
* Pelidnota ancilla Bates, 1904 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota angiae Demez & Soula, 2010 (Peru)
* Pelidnota arnaudi Soula, 2009 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota aurescens Bates, 1888 (Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico)
* Pelidnota bahiana Ohaus, 1905
* Pelidnota beckeri Ferreira, Almeida & Bravo, 2017 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota belti Sharp, 1877
* Pelidnota beniouioui Soula, 2010 (Bolivia)
* Pelidnota beraudi Soula, 2009 (Colombia)
* Pelidnota bertrandi Soula, 2009 (Nicaragua)
* Pelidnota bivittata (Swederus, 1787) (Brazil)
* Pelidnota bleuzeni (Bouchard, 2003) (French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela)
* Pelidnota bondili (Soula, 2006) (Peru)
* Pelidnota boulangeri Soula, 2009 (Venezuela)
* Pelidnota boyi Ohaus, 1928 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota brusteli Soula, 2010 (Peru)
* Pelidnota burmeisteri Burmeister, 1844
* Pelidnota caesarea (Gistel, 1857) (Colombia)
* Pelidnota carlettii Soula, 2009 (Argentina)
* Pelidnota cayennensis Bates, 1904 (French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela)
* Pelidnota centroamericana Ohaus, 1913 (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico)
* Pelidnota cerdai (Soula, 2006) (French Guiana, Suriname)
* Pelidnota chalcopus Bates, 1888 (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras)
* Pelidnota chalcothorax Perty, 1830
* Pelidnota championi Bates, 1904 (Argentina)
* Pelidnota chiapasensis Soula, 2009 (Mexico)
* Pelidnota chibchana Ohaus, 1922 (Colombia)
* Pelidnota chimborazoensis Soula, 2009 (Ecuador)
* Pelidnota chiriquicola Ohaus, 1913 (Costa Rica, Panama)
* Pelidnota chiriquina Bates, 1904 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama)
* Pelidnota chlorana Erichson, 1847 (Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador)
* Pelidnota costaricensis Bates, 1888 (Costa Rica, Panama)
* Pelidnota courtini Soula, 2009 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota crassipes Ohaus, 1905 (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
* Pelidnota cribrata (Ohaus, 1913) (Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana)
* Pelidnota cuprea (Germar, 1823) (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
* Pelidnota cupripes Perty, 1830
* Pelidnota cyanipes (Kirby, 1818) (Argentina, Brazil)
* Pelidnota cyanitarsis (Gory, 1833) (Brazil)
* Pelidnota degallieri Soula, 2010 (Venezuela)
* Pelidnota dieteri Soula, 2011 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota discicollis Ohaus, 1912 (Brazil, Venezuela)
* Pelidnota dobleri Frey, 1967 (Bolivia, Brazil, Peru)
* Pelidnota drumonti Soula, 2009 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota dubia Bates, 1904 (Colombia)
* Pelidnota durantonorum Soula, 2009 (French Guiana, Suriname)
* Pelidnota ebenina (Blanchard, 1847) (Argentina, Bolivia)
* Pelidnota egana Ohaus, 1912 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota emerita (Olivier, 1789) (Central America)
* Pelidnota equatoriana Soula, 2009 (Ecuador)
* Pelidnota estebanabadiei Soula, 2009 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota estebandurani (Soula, 2006)
* Pelidnota everardoi Ferreira & Grossi, 2022 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota fabricelavalettei Soula, 2009 (French Guiana)
* Pelidnota fallax (Gistel, 1857) (Brazil)
* Pelidnota filippiniae Soula, 2009 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota flavovittata (Perty, 1830) (Brazil)
* Pelidnota fracida Bates, 1904 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota frommeri Hardy, 1975 (Neotropical)
* Pelidnota fulva Blanchard, 1851 (Bolivia, Brazil)
* Pelidnota fusciventris Ohaus, 1905
* Pelidnota fuscoviridis Ohaus, 1913 (Venezuela)
* Pelidnota gabrielae Martinez, 1979 (Venezuela)
* Pelidnota genieri (Soula, 2006) (Venezuela)
* Pelidnota gilletti Soula, 2009 (Mexico)
* Pelidnota girardi (Bouchard, 2003) (French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname)
* Pelidnota glaberrima Blanchard, 1851
* Pelidnota glabra Ohaus, 1922
* Pelidnota gounellei (Ohaus, 1908) (Brazil)
* Pelidnota gracilis (Gory, 1834)
* Pelidnota grangesi (Soula, 2006) (Bolivia)
* Pelidnota granulata (Gory, 1834) (Neotropical)
* Pelidnota grossiorum Soula, 2009 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota guatemalensis Bates, 1888 (Neotropical)
* Pelidnota gwendolinae (Soula, 2006) (Bolivia)
* Pelidnota halleri Demez & Soula, 2011 (Peru)
* Pelidnota herbacea Blanchard, 1851 (Bolivia)
* Pelidnota hernanlequericai (Soula, 2006) (Peru)
* Pelidnota hirsutiphallica Ratcliffe & Jameson, 1989 (Costa Rica, Panama)
* Pelidnota hoefigi Ohaus, 1912 (French Guiana, Peru)
* Pelidnota huetheri Howden, 1998 (Panama)
* Pelidnota impressicollis Ohaus, 1925 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota incerta (Soula, 2006) (Peru)
* Pelidnota injantepalominoi Demez & Soula, 2011 (Peru)
* Pelidnota instabilis Ohaus, 1912 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota jalapensis Bates, 1888 (Mexico)
* Pelidnota jolyi Martinez, 1982 (Brazil, Venezuela)
* Pelidnota kirschi Bates, 1904
* Pelidnota kucerai Soula, 2009 (Colombia)
* Pelidnota kuhnti (Ohaus, 1912) (Paraguay)
* Pelidnota labyrinthophallica Solis & Morón, 1994 (Costa Rica)
* Pelidnota lacazei Soula, 2010 (Peru)
* Pelidnota laevissima Burmeister, 1855 (Neotropical)
* Pelidnota lagoi Soula, 2011 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota langsdorffi (Mannerheim, 1828) (Brazil, French Guiana)
* Pelidnota liturella (Kirby, 1818)
* Pelidnota louzadai (Soula, 2006) (Brazil)
* Pelidnota lucae LeConte, 1863 (Mexico)
* Pelidnota luciae Ferreira & Grossi, 2022 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota lucida Burmeister, 1844 (Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela)
* Pelidnota ludovici Ohaus, 1905 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota lugubris LeConte, 1874 (Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico)
* Pelidnota luridipes Blanchard, 1851 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota malyi Soula, 2010 (Ecuador)
* Pelidnota mantillerii Soula, 2009 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota matogrossensis Frey, 1976 (Bolivia, Brazil)
* Pelidnota mezai Soula, 2009 (Peru)
* Pelidnota micobalaguerae (Soula, 2006)
* Pelidnota neitamorenoi (Soula, 2006)
* Pelidnota nitescens (Vigors, 1825) (Brazil)
* Pelidnota nordestina Ferreira, Almeida & Bravo, 2017 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota notata Blanchard, 1851 (Neotropics)
* Pelidnota ohausi Frey, 1976
* Pelidnota osculatii Guérin-Méneville, 1855 (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela)
* Pelidnota pallidipennis Bates, 1904 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota paraguayensis Bates, 1904 (Paraguay)
* Pelidnota parallela Hardy, 1975 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama)
* Pelidnota parvasedmagnifica (Soula & Moragues, 2006) (French Guiana, Suriname)
* Pelidnota pennata Ohaus, 1912 (Brazil, Nicaragua, Panama)
* Pelidnota pernambucana Ferreira, Almeida & Bravo, 2017 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota perplexa Hardy, 1975 (Mexico)
* Pelidnota peslieri Soula, 2009 (Peru)
* Pelidnota polita (Latreille, 1812)
* Pelidnota porioni Soula, 2010 (Peru)
* Pelidnota prasina Burmeister, 1844 (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela)
* Pelidnota prolixa Sharp, 1877 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama)
* Pelidnota pubes Ohaus, 1913 (Ecuador)
* Pelidnota pulchella (Kirby, 1818)
* Pelidnota punctata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Grapevine Beetle) (Nearctic)
* Pelidnota punctulata Bates, 1888
* Pelidnota purpurea Burmeister, 1844
* Pelidnota quadripunctata Bates, 1904 (French Guiana, Suriname)
* Pelidnota raingeardi Soula, 2009 (Ecuador)
* Pelidnota recondita Delgado, Deloya & Morón, 1988 (Mexico)
* Pelidnota rioensis Soula, 2009 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota rivascanteroi (Soula, 2006) (Brazil)
* Pelidnota rostrata Burmeister, 1844 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota rouchei (Soula, 2006) (Venezuela)
* Pelidnota rubripennis (Burmeister, 1844)
* Pelidnota rubriventris Blanchard, 1851 (Colombia, Panama)
* Pelidnota rugulosa Burmeister, 1844
* Pelidnota runica (Gistel, 1850) (French Guiana)
* Pelidnota sanctidomini Ohaus, 1905
* Pelidnota satipoensis Demez & Soula, 2010 (Peru)
* Pelidnota schneideri Soula, 2010 (Peru)
* Pelidnota semiaurata Burmeister, 1844
* Pelidnota sericeicollis Frey, 1976 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota sikorskii (Soula, 2006) (Brazil)
* Pelidnota silveiranetoi Ferreira, Vaz-de-Mello & Bravo, 2021 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota simoensi Soula, 2009 (Bolivia)
* Pelidnota soederstroemi Ohaus, 1908 (Ecuador)
* Pelidnota sordida (Germar, 1823) (Neotropical)
* Pelidnota striatopunctata (Kirsch, 1885) (Bolivia)
* Pelidnota strigosa Laporte, 1840 (Neotropical)
* Pelidnota subandina Ohaus, 1905
* Pelidnota sumptuosa (Vigors, 1825) (Neotropical)
* Pelidnota teocuitlamayatli Delgado, Deloya & Morón, 1988 (Mexico)
* Pelidnota testaceovirens Blanchard, 1851
* Pelidnota texensis Casey, 1915 (Oklahoma, Texas)
* Pelidnota thiliezi Soula, 2009 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota tibialis Burmeister, 1844
* Pelidnota toulgoeti (Soula, 2006) (Peru)
* Pelidnota touroulti Soula, 2008 (French Guiana, Suriname)
* Pelidnota tristis (Gistel, 1850) (Brazil)
* Pelidnota ulianai Soula, 2010 (Bolivia)
* Pelidnota uncinata Ohaus, 1930 (Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru)
* Pelidnota unicolor (Drury, 1782)
* Pelidnota ustarani (Martinez, 1967) (Brazil)
* Pelidnota vanderberghi Soula, 2010 (Bolivia)
* Pelidnota vazdemelloi (Soula, 2006) (Brazil)
* Pelidnota versicolor (Billberg, 1820) (Brazil)
* Pelidnota villavicencioensis Soula, 2010 (Colombia)
* Pelidnota virescens Burmeister, 1844 (Neotropical)
* Pelidnota viridicuprea Ohaus, 1908 (Ecuador)
* Pelidnota vitalisi Ohaus, 1925 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota vitticollis Burmeister, 1844 (Brazil)
* Pelidnota vladimalyi Moore & Jameson, 2013 (Ecuador)
* Pelidnota werneri (Soula, 2006) (Peru)
* Pelidnota xanthopyga Hardy, 1975 (Colombia, Honduras, Panama)
* Pelidnota xanthospila (Germar, 1823) (Brazil)
* Pelidnota yungasensis Soula, 2009 (Bolivia)
* Pelidnota zovii Soula, 2010 (Peru)