Pelidnota polita (Latreille, 1812)

Taboada-Verona, Carlos, Sermeño-Correa, Carlos, Sierra-Serrano, Oscar & Noriega, Jorge Ari, 2019, Checklist of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Insecta, Coleoptera) in an urban area of the Caribbean Colombia, Check List 15 (4), pp. 579-594 : 585-586

Pelidnota polita (Latreille, 1812)

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Geographic distribution. Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela ( Soula 2009). In Colombia: Atlántico, Boyacá, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, and Sucre (Neita-Moreno 2011, García-Atencia et al. 2015, López- García et al. 2015, Taboada-Verona et al. 2016).

Material examined. Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (09°18′52″N, 075°23′18″W), 2016/05/11, MZUSU E02521 (1♀), MZUSU E02522 (1♂). Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (09°18′52″N, 075°23′18″W), 2016/05/14, MZUSU E02523-24 (2♀). Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (09°18′52″N, 075°23′18″W), 2016/06/08, MZUSU E02525 (1♀). Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, Uni- versity of Sucre campus (09°18′52″N, 075°23′18″W), 2016/11/12, MZUSU E02526 (1♀). Colombia, Sucre, Sin- celejo, University of Sucre campus (09°18′52″N, 075° 23′18″W), 2016/12/09, MZUSU E0227 (1♀).

Identification. This species can be distinguished from other Pelidnota species by the yellow body, and the

absence of margin on the posterior edge of prothorax. Size between 20 and 28 mm.