Pelidnota gilletti Soula, 2009

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 gilletti Soula, 2009

Pelidnota gilletti Soula, 2009: 31, 55-56 [original combination].

Distribution.

MEXICO: Chiapas, Veracruz ( Soula 2009).

Types.

The following specimens are deposited at CCECL. 1 ♂ holotype, 1 ♀ allotype, 1 ♂ paratype, 1 ♀ paratype, 2 ♂ invalid paratypes, 3 ♀ invalid paratypes: " P. centro-americana Sta Rosa Chiapas 8/90//Holotype Pelidnota gilleti S. Soula det. 2006" (47030463); " P. centro-americana Sta Rosa Chiapas 8/90//Allotype Pelidnota gilleti S. Soula det. 2006" (47030464); Two paratypes with identical label data "Sta Rosa Chiapas 8/90 (Mex.)//Paratype 2006 Pelidnota gilleti S. Soula" (47030465 and 47030466); Three invalid paratypes with identical label data "San Pedro de Soteapan VERACRUZ - 500 m. MEXIQUE - Sept. 1987 Thierry PORION Leg.//Paratype 2006 Pelidnota gilleti S. Soula//Invalid Paratype det. M. R. Moore 2014" (47030467 to 47030469); "San Pedro de Soteapan VERACRUZ - 500 m. MEXIQUE - Sept. 1987 Thierry PORION Leg.//Paratype Pelidnota gilleti Sou. 2006 Soula//Invalid Paratype det. M. R. Moore 2014" (47030470); "METATEZ OAXACA MEXIQUE IX. 85//METATEZ OAXACA MEXIQUE IX. 85//Paratype 2006 Pelidnota gilleti S. Soula//Invalid Paratype det. M. R. Moore 2014" (47030471). Genitalia card-mounted underneath the male holotype. Box 4618665 SOULA.

Remarks.

We designated five paratypes as invalid because these specimens do not have label data that matches Soula’s (2009) description of the species. Soula wrote " gilleti " (sic) on all labels.