Kaliwatan sa bakukangon ang Epichalcoplethis velutipes.^[1] Una ning gihulagway ni Gilbert John Arrow ni adtong 1900.^[2] Ang Epichalcoplethis velutipes sakop sa kahenera nga Epichalcoplethis, ug kabanay nga Rutelidae.^[1][3]

Kini nga matang hayop na sabwag sa:

• Habagatang Amerika
  • Saint Vincent
  • the Grenadines
  • Trinidad ug Tobago
  • Venezuela
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala
  • Ondoras
  • Mehiko

Usa ka matang nga nahiubos niini atong makita E. v. romeroi.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2019). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2019 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. TaxonID: 54740264. Retrieved 2019-11-11. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Arrow G.J. (1900) On pleurostict lamellicorns from Grenada and St.Vincent (West Indies) , Transactions of the Entomological Society of London :175-182
3. ↑ Schoolmeesters P. (2019). Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.