Sorocha ferrandi in litt.; Unavailable, invalid name

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

Sorocha ferrandi in litt.; Unavailable, invalid name

Types.

The following specimen is deposited at CCECL. 1 invalid ♂ holotype: "Route de Loreto à Coca P.L. pk 11 - Napo. (1450 m) (E) [obverse] 13/8/88 P.W.//Holotype 2006 Sorocha ferrandi Sou. Soula//Invalid type not described det. M. R. Moore 2014" (47030983). Genitalia card-mounted underneath the invalid male holotype. Box 4618688 SOULA.

Remarks.

We regard the name " Sorocha ferrandi " as an unavailable name because it was not associated with a species description and because its continued use may lead to further nomenclatural instability. The male specimen in CCECL is an invalid holotype specimen because the species name is not associated with a species description or type designation in the published literature.