Pelidnota sumptuosa (Vigors, 1825)

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 sumptuosa (Vigors, 1825)

Rutela sumptuosa Vigors, 1825: 542 [original combination].

Pelidnota sumtuosa (Vigors) (sic) [new combination by Burmeister 1844: 406-407].

Pelidnota (Pelidnota) sumptuosa (Vigors) [new subgeneric combination by Ohaus 1918: 25].

Pelidnota (Pelidnota) ludovici Ohaus [syn. by Machatschke 1972: 25].

Pelidnota sumptuosa (Vigors) [removal of subgeneric classification and revised species status by Soula 2009: 41-42].

Rutela smaragdina Perty, 1830 synonym.

Rutela smaragdina Perty, 1830: 50 [original combination].

Pelidnota sumtuosa (Vigors) (sic) [syn. by Burmeister 1844: 406-407].

Pelidnota (Pelidnota) luxuriosa Blackwelder [syn. by Machatschke 1972: 26].

Pelidnota sumptuosa (Vigors) [syn. by Soula 2009: 41].

Rutela smaragdina var. plicata Gory, 1846 synonym.

Rutela smaragdina var. plicata Gory, 1846: 192 [original combination].

Pelidnota sumptuosa (Vigors) [syn. by Harold 1869b: 1223].

Pelidnota (Pelidnota) luxuriosa Blackwelder [syn. by Machatschke 1972: 25].

Pelidnota sumptuosa (Vigors) [syn. by Soula 2009: 41].

Distribution.

BRAZIL: Bahia, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, São Paulo ( Vigors 1825, Burmeister 1844, 1855, Blanchard 1851, Ohaus 1918, 1934b, Blackwelder 1944, Machatschke 1972, Krajcik 2008, Soula 2009). COLOMBIA: Caquetá, Meta (Restrepo et al. 2003, Soula 2009, Pardo-Locarno et al. 2011). PARAGUAY ( Soula 2009).

Types.

1 ♀ holotype of Rutela sumptuosa at BMNH ( Soula 2009).

Remarks.

Pelidnota sumptuosa and P. cyanitarsis are superficially similar and have been confused in collections and the literature. Both species are bright metallic blue, green, or blue-green with enlarged metatibia in male specimens. Several characters serve to separate these species (see “Remarks” for P. cyanitarsis ), and male parameres are also diagnostic (see Soula 2009: 41 and 42). Label data indicate that adults have been found feeding on flowers of Miconia albicans (Sw.) Steud. ( Melostomaceae ) in the month of October.