Pelidnota desantacatarina in litt.; Unavailable, invalid name

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 desantacatarina in litt.; Unavailable, invalid name

Types.

The following specimens are deposited at CCECL. 1 ♂ invalid holotype, 1 ♀ invalid allotype, 4 ♂ invalid paratypes: “São Bento do Sul. S. C. I/94 M. SOULA det 19//Holotype 2008 Pelidnota desantacatarina S. Soula"//Invalid holotype det. Moore ’15” (47030862); "Corupa. S.C. II/1938 M. SOULA det 19//Allotype 2008 Pelidnota desantacatarina S. Soula"//Invalid Allotype det. Moore ’15” (47030863); "Santa Catarina II/92 M. SOULA det 19//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota desantacatarina S. Soula"//Invalid Paratype det. Moore ’15” (47030864); “Déc. 1963 Corupa, S.C. Brazil//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota desantacatarina S. Soula"//Invalid Paratype det. Moore ’15” (47030865); "06.01.1985 Corupa Santa Caterina Brasilien//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota desantacatarina S. Soula"//Invalid Paratype det. Moore ’15” (47030866); " Pelidnota unicolor // Brésil Hansa. S.C.//Ru 22.//1 1932//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota desantacatarina S. Soula"//Invalid Paratype det. Moore ’15” (47030867). Genitalia card-mounted underneath the invalid male holotype and two invalid male paratypes. Box 4618683 SOULA.

Remarks.

The name Pelidnota desantacatarina Soula does not appear in the literature nor has the name been associated with a species description. These type specimens are considered invalid and the name Pelidnota desantacatarina is unavailable.