Pelidnota vazdemelloi (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

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.666.9191
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B3C377E8-BBB1-4F32-8AEC-A2C22D1E625A
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/37CF23CA-566F-EDD2-A118-14E0BBDBC96F
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scientific name	Pelidnota vazdemelloi (Soula, 2006)
status

Treatment

Strigidia vazdemelloi Soula, 2006: 12, 55 [original combination].

Pelidnota vazdemelloi (Soula) [new combination by Soula 2009: 116].

Distribution.

BRAZIL: Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul ( Soula 2006, Garcia et al. 2013, Oliveira et al. 2016).

Types.

The following specimens are at CCECL. 1 ♂ holotype, 1 ♀ allotype: "Mato Grosso, Brasil leg Alvarenga, XI 63 [crossed out]//Holotype 2006 Strigidia vazdemelloi Sou. Soula" (47030428); "Sinop//Allotype 2006 Strigidia vazdemelloi Sou. Soula" (47030429). Genitalia are card-mounted underneath the male holotype. Box 4618663 SOULA.

Remarks.

Soula (2006) compared this species with P. discicollis and the image that accompanies the description looks remarkably similar to other specimens of P. discicollis .