Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chrysina Kirby, 1828 Type Species: Chrysina peruviana Kirby, by monotypy.
= Plusiotis Burmeister, 1844: 417. Type Species: Pelidnota victorina Hope, 1840: 11, by subsequent designation.
= Pelidnotopsis Ohaus, 1915: 257. Type Species: Pelidnota plusiotina Ohaus, 1912: 304, by monotypy.
= Plusiotina Casey, 1915: 84. Type Species: Plusiotina aeruginis Casey, 1915: 85, by subsequent designation.
Numbers
95 spp. ranging from SW through South America. 4 species in the US.
Chrysina beyeri (Skinner) - AZ, northern Mexico
Chrysina lecontei (Horn) - NM, AZ, northern Mexico
Chrysina gloriosa (LeConte) - TX, NM, AZ, northern Mexico
Chrysina woodi (Horn) - TX, NM, northern Mexico
Print References
Hawks, D.C. 2001. Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in Chrysina and synonymic checklist of species (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). Occasional Papers of the Consortium Coleopterorum. 4(1):1-8.
