Pelidnota carlettii 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 carlettii Soula, 2009

Pelidnota carlettii Soula, 2009: 32, 77-78 [original combination].

Distribution.

ARGENTINA: Misiones ( Soula 2009).

Types.

The following specimens are deposited in CCECL. 1 ♂ holotype, 1 ♀ allotype, 9 ♂ paratypes, 3 ♀ paratypes, 1 ♂ invalid paratype, 4 ♀ invalid paratypes: “Oberá Misiones Ar I/99 M. SOULA det 19//Holotype 2008 Pelidnota carlettii S. Soula" (47030588); "Eldorado - Misiones ARGENTINE (I/93)//Allotype 2008 Pelidnota carlettii S. Soula" (47030589); Three paratypes with identical label data: "Eldorado - Misiones ARGENTINE (I/93)//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota carlettii S. Soula" (47030590 to 47030592); Three paratypes with identical label data: "Puerto Iguazu-ARG XII/88.//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota carlettii S. Soula" (47030593 to 47030595); "Puerto Iguazu ARGENTINE (I/93)//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota carlettii S. Soula" (47030596); “Oberá - Misiones ARGENTINA-I/99 Col. Andrés Varga//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota carlettii S. Soula" (47030597); Two paratypes with identical label data: Iguazu Misiones (Ar.) coll. - SOULA//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota carlettii S. Soula" (47030598 and 47030599); " Pelidnota sordida ♀ Puerto Iguazu Misiones Argentina 22-DIC 1987 det. Forster" (47030600); "Argentina//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota carlettii S. Soula" (47030601); Two invalid paratypes with identical label data: "Puerto Iguazu Misiones, Argentine II/1995//Paratype Pelidnota carlettii S. 2006 Soula//Invalid paratype Pelidnota carlettii Soula det. MR Moore ‘15” (47030602 and 47030603)"; "Puerto Iguazu Misiones, Argentine II/1995//Paratype 2006 Pelidnota carlettii S. Soula//Invalid paratype Pelidnota carlettii Soula det. MR Moore ‘15” (47030604)"; Two invalid paratypes with identical label data: "Dos de Mayo Misiones M. SOULA det 19 [obverse] 1/II/89//Paratype Pelidnota carlettii S. 2007 Soula//Invalid paratype Pelidnota carlettii Soula det. MR MOORE ‘15” (47030605 and 47030606). Genitalia card-mounted underneath the male holotype, nine male paratypes and one female paratype. Box 4618671 SOULA.

Remarks.

Five specimens labeled as Pelidnota carlettii Soula paratypes in CCECL are considered invalid. These specimens have label data that are not reported in Soula (2009) and are thus invalid.