Chrysina auripes Gray, 1832

Bayfield-Farrell, William P., Matsumoto, Keita & Barclay, Maxwell V. L., 2025, Catalogue of the specimens of the genus Chrysina Kirby, 1828 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, Zootaxa 5637 (3), pp. 401-449 : 433

Chrysina auripes Gray, 1832

Original combination. Chrysina auripes Gray, 1832 .

Junior synonym. Chrysina chalchihuitli ( Morón, 1990) .

Material studied. Three specimens. “[male genitalia] // [right protarsus] // Aruipes / Gray / Mexique [h] // Nevinson Coll. / 1918-14. [p] // NHMUK 014589730 [p]”; “ Mex [h] // Nevinson Coll. / 1918-14. [p] // auripes [topside] / Mexico [underside] [h] // NHMUK 014589736 [p]”; “MX: Oaxaca / Sierra de Juarez / vic. La Esperanza / July 1994. Nogueira [h] // Plusiotis / chalchihuitli / Morón / det. / D. C. Hawks 1999 [h & p] // BMNH (E) / 2009- 95 [p] // NHMUK 014589825 [p]”.

Distribution. MEXICO (3): Oaxaca, No Data.

Remarks. The specimen with the unique NHMUK number “014589825” was previously identified as Plusiotis chalchihuitli ( Morón, 1990) in the collection. This was synonymised by Hawks (2001), and the specimen is therefore now identified as the senior synonym, Chrysina auripes Gray, 1832 .