Pelidnota demergesi 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 demergesi in litt.; Unavailable, invalid name

Types.

The following specimens are deposited at CCECL. 1 invalid ♂ holotype, 3 invalid ♂ paratypes: "Tingo Maria Pérou, X/2005//Holotype 2010 Pelidnota demergesi S. Soula//Invalid Holotype name in litt. det. M. R. Moore 2014" (47030175); two invalid paratypes with identical label data "Tingo Maria Las cuevas de las pavas M. SOULA det 19 [obverse] 15/IV/2010//Paratype 2010 Pelidnota demergesi S. Soula//Invalid Paratype name in litt. det. M. R. Moore 2014" (47030176 and 47030177); "Rio Ucayali Pérou M. SOULA det 19//Paratype 2010 Pelidnota demergesi S. Soula//Invalid Paratype name in litt. det. M. R. Moore 2014" (47030178). Genitalia card-mounted underneath the invalid holotype and 2 invalid paratypes. Box 4618656 SOULA.

Remarks.

The name Pelidnota demergesi has never been associated with a species description or type designation. The name appears only in a figure legend in Soula (2010a) and is currently unavailable ( Moore and Jameson 2013).