Pelidnota prolixa Sharp, 1877

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 prolixa Sharp, 1877

Pelidnota prolixa Sharp, 1877: 132-133 [original combination].

Pelidnota (Pelidnota) prolixa Sharp [new subgeneric combination by Ohaus 1918: 23].

Pelidnota prolixa Sharp [removal of subgeneric classification by Soula 2009: 51].

Distribution.

COLOMBIA: Chocó, Valle del Cauca ( Hardy 1975, Restrepo et al. 2003, Soula 2009, Neita-Moreno 2011). COSTA RICA: Limón, Puntarenas ( Hardy 1975, Solís and Morón 1994, Soula 2009). ECUADOR: Esmeraldas, Napo, Pichincha ( Ohaus 1918, 1934b, Machatschke 1972, Hardy 1975, Maes 1987, Paucar-Cabrera 2005, Soula 2009). NICARAGUA: Chontales ( Ohaus 1918, 1934b, Machatschke 1972, Hardy 1975, Maes 1987, Krajcik 2008, Soula 2009). PANAMA: Chiriquí, Former Canal Zone (H. W. Bates 1888, Ohaus 1918, 1934b, Machatschke 1972, Hardy 1975, Maes 1987, Ratcliffe 2002, Soula 2009).

Types.

1 ♀ lectotype of Pelidnota prolixa at BMNH ( Hardy 1975). Soula (2009) stated that 1 ♀ holotype and 1 ♀ paratype resided at MNHN (see " Type Specimens and Lectotype Designation " in Methods).