Pelidnota hernanlequericai (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 hernanlequericai (Soula, 2006)

Strigidia hernanlequericai Soula, 2006: 10, 40 [original combination].

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

Distribution.

PERU: Loreto ( Soula 2006, Ratcliffe et al. 2015).

Types.

The following specimens are deposited at CCECL. 1 ♂ holotype, 1 ♀ invalid allotype: "Iquitos, Loreto Pérou, I-II/2005//Holotype 2006 Strigidia hernanlequericai Sou. Soula det." (47030419); "Iquitos, Loreto Pérou; VIII/2003//Allotype 2006 Strigidia hernanlequericai Sou. Soula det.//Invalid Allotype ♀, see Soula 2006: 40 det. M. R. Moore ‘15” (47030420). Genitalia card-mounted underneath holotype. Box 4618663 SOULA.

Remarks.

Because there was no description or mention of an allotype specimen or paratype series of P. hernanlequericai ( Soula 2006), it is likely that the allotype label was added after the publication of the name. We consider this specimen to be an invalid allotype.