Pelidnota guatemalensis 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 guatemalensis H. W. Bates, 1888

Pelidnota costaricensis var. guatemalensis H. W. Bates, 1888: 274 [original combination].

Pelidnota (Pelidnota) costaricensis guatemalensis H. W. Bates [new subgeneric combination and new subspecific status by Ohaus 1918: 23].

Pelidnota (Pelidnota) guatemalensis H. W. Bates [new species status by Hardy 1975: 17-18].

Pelidnota guatemalensis H. W. Bates [removal of subgeneric classification by Soula 2009: 70-71].

Pelidnota (Pelidnota) composita Casey, 1915 synonym.

Pelidnota (Pelidnota) composita Casey, 1915: 71 [original combination].

Pelidnota (Pelidnota) guatemalensis H. W. Bates [syn. by Hardy 1975: 17].

Distribution.

BELIZE: Toledo (H. W. Bates 1888, Blackwelder 1944, Hardy 1975, Alcázar-Ruiz et al. 2003, Soula 2009). GUATEMALA: Sacatepéquez (H. W. Bates 1888, Ohaus 1918, 1934b, Machatschke 1972, Hardy 1975, Alcázar-Ruiz et al. 2003, Krajcik 2008, Soula 2009). HONDURAS: Cortés ( Ohaus 1918, 1934b, Blackwelder 1944, Machatschke 1972, Hardy 1975). MEXICO: Chiapas ( Hardy 1975, Thomas 1993, Alcázar-Ruiz et al. 2003, Soula 2009).

Types.

1 ♂ lectotype of Pelidnota costaricensis var. guatemalensis at BMNH ( Hardy 1975, Soula 2009); 4 paralectotypes at BMNH; additional paralectotypes at MNHN ( Soula 2009).