§ Strigoderma marginata (Olivier, 1789)

Melolontha marginata Olivier 1789: 70 (Guadeloupe)

= Strigoderma aenea Blanchard 1851: 202 (Bolivia)

Distribution. French Guiana: Blanchard 1851: 202. Brazil: Blackwelder 1944: 246; Machatschke 1972: 220; Bader 1992: 279. Venezuela: Blanchard 1851: 202; Bader 1992: 279. Other: Olivier 1789: 70 (Guadeloupe - as Melolontha marginata); Blanchard 1851: 202 (Bolivia - as S. aenea; Bolivia - as S. marginata); Blackwelder 1944: 245, 246 (Bolivia - as S. aenea; Argentina, Guadeloupe, Mexico, Panama - as S. marginata); Machatschke 1972: 220 (Argentina–Mexico, Bolivia, Guadeloupe); Bader 1992: 279 (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru).

Note 1. Blanchard (1851: 202) mentions Strigoderma marginata for Cayenne [= French Guiana], but we are unaware of any other records from the research area. We assume that Blanchard’s record is based on a mislabeled or misidentified specimen and regard this species as not occurring in the research area.

Note 2. See the first note at Callistethus marginatus for a comment on the specific epithet of Strigoderma marginata .