Pelidnota aurescens H. W. Bates, 1888

Moore, Matthew R., Jameson, Mary L., Garner, Beulah H., Audibert, Cedric, Smith, Andrew B. T. & Seidel, Matthias, 2017, Synopsis of the pelidnotine scarabs (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini) and annotated catalog of the species and subspecies, ZooKeys 666, pp. 1-349 : 1

Pelidnota aurescens H. W. Bates, 1888

Pelidnota virescens var. aurescens H. W. Bates, 1888: 274 [original combination].

Pelidnota aurescens H. W. Bates [new species status by Ohaus 1913: 498].

Pelidnota (Pelidnota) aurescens H. W. Bates [new subgeneric combination by Ohaus 1918: 22].

Pelidnota aurescens H. W. Bates [removal of subgeneric classification by Soula 2009: 64-65].

Distribution.

GUATEMALA: Escuintla, Quetzaltenango, San Marcos, Sololá (H. W. Bates 1888, Ohaus 1913, 1918, 1934b, Blackwelder 1944, Machatschke 1972, Hardy 1975, Krajcik 2008, Soula 2009). MEXICO: Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz (Carrillo et al. 1966, Hardy 1975, Thomas 1993, Morón et al. 1997, Pacheco Flores et al. 2008, Soula 2009).

Types.

1 ♂ lectotype at BMNH ( Hardy 1975, Soula 2009); 5 paralectotypes at BMNH ( Soula 2009); 3 paralectotypes at MNHN ( Soula 2009). The following specimens are deposited at CCECL. 1 ♂ Paralectotype: "El Zumbador, 2500 ft. Champion.//H.W.Bates Biol.Cent.Amer.//2008 Pelidnota aurescens Bates M. SOULA det 19//Paralectotype 2008 Pelidnota virescens var. aurescens B. Soula det." (47030487). Genitalia card-mounted underneath the male paralectotype. Box 4618666 SOULA.