§ Euphoria lurida (Fabricius, 1775)

Cetonia lurida Fabricius 1775: 49 (Brazil)

= Cetonia bivittata Gory and Percheron 1833: 207 (French Guiana) - Hardy 2001: 139 (syn. nov.)

Distribution. French Guiana: Gory and Percheron 1833: 58, 207 (as Cetonia bivittata). “Guianas”: Schenkling 1921: 336 (as E. bivittata); Blackwelder 1944: 264 (as E. bivittata). Brazil (NA): Fabricius 1775: 49 (as Cetonia lurida); Gory and Percheron 1833: 58, 209 (as Cetonia lurida); Schenkling 1921: 340; Blackwelder 1944: 264; Orozco 2012: 32 (NA). Other: Schenkling 1921: 340 (Argentina); Blackwelder 1944: 264 (Argentina); Orozco 2012: 32 (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay).

Note. The type of Cetonia bivittata is probably mislabeled and lost according to Orozco (2012: 32). He leaves the name in synonymy with Euphoria lurida, which he regards as not occurring in “Cayenne.” Because of his record from Prainha in the Brazilian state of Pará, we regard this species as not yet found but potentially occurring in the Guianas.