Pelidnota chiapasensis Soula, 2009

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 chiapasensis Soula, 2009

Pelidnota chiapasensis Soula, 2009: 31, 65-66 [original combination].

Distribution.

MEXICO: Chiapas ( Soula 2009).

Types.

The following specimens are deposited at CMNC. 1 ♂ holotype, 1 ♀ allotype, 2 ♀ paratypes: "MEXICO, Chiapas, Cinco Cerros, Km30 on Hwy 190 1500m 8. VI.1989. H.Howden//at light//Holotype 2008 Pelidnota chiapasensis Sou Soula//[barcode matrix] Canadian Museum of Musée canadien de la NATURE CMNEN 00010903", allotype with identical collecting data label and database number CMNEN 00010904, paratypes with identical collecting data label and database numbers CMNEN 00010905 and CMNEN 00010906. The following specimens are deposited at CCECL. 2 ♀ paratypes, 1 invalid ♂ paratype: "MEXICO. Chiapas, Cinco Cerros 860m. 9. VI. 1990 H. & A. Howden//at light//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota chiapasensis S. Soula det." (47030492); "MEXICO. Chiapas ElAguacero, 16 km W Ocozocoautla. 680m 5. VI. 1990 H. & A. Howden//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota chiapasensis S. Soula det." (47030493); "MEXICO. Chiapas ElAguacero, 16 km W Ocozocoautla. 680m 10. VI. 1990 H. & A. Howden//at light//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota chiapasensis S. Soula//Invalid Paratype Pelidnota chiapasensis S. det. M.R. Moore ‘15” (47030494). Genitalia card-mounted underneath the invalid male paratype. Box 4618666 SOULA.

Remarks.

Box 4618666 SOULA contains a male P. chiapasensis Soula from Mexico (Chiapas, El Aguacero) labeled as a paratype. This specimen is an invalid paratype as this specific specimen was not reported in Soula (2009: 65-66). The paratype label is also a slightly different color than the other two paratypes, indicating that this paratype was added to the series after publication of Soula (2009).