Epichalcoplethis aciculata (F. Bates, 1904)

Pelidnota aciculata F. Bates 1904: 261 (French Guiana)

Distribution. Suriname: MHCN; NZCS - NEW COUNTRY RECORD (Suriname, [Brokopondo], Brownsberg NP, Q.31. 30-IX-1997. A. Gangadin.). French Guiana: F. Bates 1904: 261 (as Pelidnota aciculata); Ohaus 1934: 85 (as Pelidnota (Chalcoplethis) aciculata); Blackwelder 1944: 236 (as Pelidnota aciculata); Machatschke 1972: 32 (as Pelidnota (Chalcoplethis) aciculata); Soula 2006: 106, 2010a: 54; Brûlé et al. 2011a: 192, 2011b: 120, 2014: 182 (as Epichaclcopletis [sic] aciculata; as Pelidnota aciculata); Brûlé and Dalens 2012b: 37 (as Pelidnota aciculata); Moore et al. 2017: 103. Brazil: Moore et al. 2017: 103. Venezuela (EO): Kirmse and Ratcliffe 2019: 153 (EO). Other: Moore et al. 2017: 103 (Bolivia).