Gymnetis bajula ( Olivier, 1789 )

Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, Insecta Mundi 732 (732), pp. 1-306 : 228-229

Gymnetis bajula ( Olivier, 1789)

Cetonia bajula Olivier 1789: 82

Note. Two presently recognized subspecies of Gymnetis bajula have been described, one of which occurs in the research area. The other one is Gymnetis bajula wollastonii Schaum, 1848 (recorded from Central America).

Subspecies Gymnetis bajula bajula ( Olivier, 1789)

Cetonia bajula Olivier 1789: 82 (South America)

= Gymnetis hebraica Gory and Percheron 1833: 355 ( Brazil)

= Gymnetis perplexa Burmeister 1842: 287 ( French Guiana)

= Gymnetis vermiculea Burmeister 1842: 283 ( French Guiana) - Ratcliffe 2018: 36 (syn. nov.)

Distribution. Guyana: Ratcliffe 2018: 36. Suriname: Schenkling 1921: 91; Blackwelder 1944: 262; Ratcliffe 2018: 36; MHCN; RMNH. French Guiana: Burmeister 1842: 283, 287 (as G. perplexa ; as G. vermiculea ); Touroult and Dalens 2010a: 88; Brûlé et al. 2011a: 190, 2014: 181; Brûlé and Touroult 2013: 40; Ratcliffe 2018: 36; RMNH. Brazil (NA): Gory and Percheron 1833: 71, 72, 355, 360 (as G. bajula ; as G. hebraica ); Schenkling 1921: 91; Blackwelder 1944: 262; Ratcliffe 2018: 36 (NA). Venezuela (EO): Ratcliffe 2018: 36 (EO). Other: Olivier 1789: 82 (South America - as Cetonia bajula ); Schenkling 1921: 91, 99 (Argentina - as G. bajula ; G. vermicula [sic] treated as a synonym of G. undata ); Blackwelder 1944: 262, 263 (Argentina, Trinidad and Tobago as G. bajula ; G. vermicula [sic] treated as a synonym of Paragymnetis chalcipes undata ); Ratcliffe 2018: 36 (Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago).

Note. See the note at Gymnetis hebraica for a probable additional record of G. bajula from French Guiana by Delatour et al. (2003: 63).