Pelidnota soederstroemi Ohaus, 1908

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 soederstroemi Ohaus, 1908

Pelidnota soederstroemi Ohaus, 1908b: 402-403 [original combination].

Pelidnota Ganonota soederstroemi Ohaus [new subgeneric combination by Ohaus 1918: 26].

Pelidnota Strigidia soederstroemi Ohaus [new subgeneric combination by Machatschke 1970: 157].

Pelidnota (Strigidia) soederstroemi Ohaus [justified emendation by Machatschke 1972: 28].

Pelidnota (Odontognathus) soederstroemi Ohaus [new subgeneric combination by Hardy 1975: 4].

Strigidia soederstroemi (Ohaus) [new combination by Soula 2006: 79-80].

Pelidnota (Strigidia) soederstroemi Ohaus [revised combination and revised subgeneric combination by Özdikmen 2009: 145].

Pelidnota soederstroemi Ohaus [removal of subgeneric classification by Soula 2009: 116].

Distribution.

ECUADOR: Cotopaxi, Pichincha ( Ohaus 1908b, 1918, 1934b, Blackwelder 1944, Machatschke 1972, Paucar-Cabrera 2005, Soula 2006, Krajcik 2008).

Types.

Holotype ♀ of Pelidnota (Strigidia) soederstroemi at ZMHB (Fig. 87 ) with labels: a) "W. Ecuador Sto. Domingo L. Söderström S." (handwritten, white label), b) "[female symbol]" (typeset with black border), c) mouthparts card mounted, d) “Typus!” (red label, type set), e) Pelidnota Söderströmi Ohs." (red label, handwritten). The specimen is lacking one protarsus, one mesothoracic leg, and both metatarsi.

Remarks.

Ohaus (1908b) based his description on one female specimen. Because the label data match the original description, we refer to this specimen as a holotype. Ohaus dedicated the species name to Ludwig Söderström in Quito who collected the specimen en route from Quito to Manabi.

Figures

Figure 87. Pelidnota soederstroemi Ohaus (valid name Pelidnota soederstroemi Ohaus) holotype female from ZMHB. A Dorsal habitus B Lateral habitus C Specimen labels and mouthparts.