Pelidnota fabricelavalettei 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 fabricelavalettei Soula, 2009

Pelidnota fabricelavalettei Soula, 2009: 131-132 [original combination].

Pelidnota lavalettei Soula [syn. by Soula 2011: 84].

Pelidnota fabricelavalettei Soula [stat. rev.].

Distribution.

FRENCH GUIANA ( Soula 2008, 2009, 2010c).

Types.

The following specimen is deposited at CCECL. 1 ♂ holotype: "Guyane fr. Est. du dép. M. SOULA det. 20//Holotype 2008 Pelidnota lavalettei S. Soula//Holotype of P. fabricelavalettei Soula 2009 det. M. R. Moore 2014" (47030132). Genitalia card-mounted underneath holotype. Box 4618654 SOULA.

Remarks.

The same holotype specimen was described twice, resulting in a case synonymy created by Soula (2008, 2009). Pelidnota lavalettei Soula 2008 was considered the senior synonym and valid name, however, this name is unavailable per ICZN Article 16.4. (see section on unavailable names in Pelidnota ). Because P. fabricelavalettei is an available name, we give it revised status here as a valid species. The genitalia of the holotype specimen appear to be slightly broken or deformed at the apex.