Pelidnota rivascanteroi (Soula, 2006)

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 rivascanteroi (Soula, 2006)

Strigidia rivascanteroi Soula, 2006: 12, 54-55 [original combination].

Pelidnota rivascanteroi (Soula) [new combination by Soula 2009: 115].

Distribution.

BRAZIL: Ceará ( Soula 2006).

Types.

The following specimens are deposited at CCECL. 1 ♀ holotype, 2 ♀ paratypes: "UBAJARA mt. 800 CEARÁ-BRASILE, GEN. 95 MIGLIOLI//Holotype 2006 Strigidia rivascanteroi Sou Soula" (47030424); "UBAJARA mt. 800, CEARÁ-BRASILE, GEN. 95 MIGLIOLI//Paratype 2006 Strigidia rivascanteroi Sou. Soula" (47030425); “Cametá //Paratype 2006 Strigidia rivascanteroi S. Soula" (47030426). Genitalia are card-mounted underneath the female holotype and a female paratype. Box 4618663 SOULA.

Remarks.

Soula (2006) compared this species with P. discicollis and the image that accompanies the description looks remarkably similar to other specimens of P. discicollis . Future research should examine the validity of this species.