Pelidnota chimborazoensis 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 chimborazoensis Soula, 2009

Pelidnota chimborazoensis Soula, 2009: 32, 87 [original combination].

Distribution.

ECUADOR: Bolívar, Chimborazo ( Soula 2009).

Types.

The holotype ♂ of Pelidnota chimborazoensis is at MNHN. The following specimens are deposited at CCECL. 4 ♂ paratypes, 3 ♀ paratypes: "Equateur La Chima M.de Mathan 1er Semestre 1893// Muséum Paris Coll. R. Öberthür //Paratype 2008 Pelidnota chimborazoensis S. Soula det." (47030454); "Chimbo Equateur M.de Mathan 1897//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota chimborazoensis S. Soula det." (47030455); Two paratypes with identical label data "Equateur Chimbo M.de Mathan 1er Semestre 1892//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota chimborazoensis S. Soula det." (47030456 and 47030457); "La Chima (Equateur) IV 93 coll. - SOULA//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota chimborazoensis S. Soula det." (47030458); "Equateur//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota chimborazoensis S. Soula" (47030459); "Balzar mountains Ecuador. Illingworth 1879// Ex-Musæo D.Sharp 1890//Paratype 2009 Pelidnota chimborazoensis S. Soula" (47030460). Genitalia card-mounted underneath four male and one female paratypes. Box 4618664 SOULA.

Remarks.

"Chimbo 1897" is recorded as 1891 in the original description ( Soula 2009). The specimen labeled from "Balzar mountains" had “Illingworth” omitted from the description ( Soula 2009).