Pelidnota cribrata (Ohaus, 1913)

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 cribrata (Ohaus, 1913)

Heteropelidnota cribrata Ohaus, 1913: 506 [original combination].

Pelidnota cribrata (Ohaus) [new combination by Soula 2008: 16].

Distribution.

BRAZIL: Amazonas (INPA), Rondônia (INPA), Pará ( Ohaus 1913, 1918, 1934b, Machatschke 1972, Soula 2008). COLOMBIA: Quindío (Restrepo et al. 2003). FRENCH GUIANA: Cayenne, St.-Laurent du Maroni ( Ohaus 1913, 1918, 1934b, Machatschke 1972, Krajcik 2008).

Types.

1 ♂ lectotype of Heteropelidnota cribrata from Para, Brazil at ZHMB ( Soula 2008). 2 paralectotypes of H. cribrata are also paratypes of P. touroulti Soula.

Remarks.

According to Soula (2008), the type series of H. cribrata included two, distinct species: the nominate species ( H. cribrata ) and a cryptic species that Soula gave the name P. touroulti . In his redescription of P. cribrata , Soula incorrectly provided an image of the male parameres of P. ustarani ( Soula 2008: 16). The image provided appears to be directly from Martínez’s description of P. ustarani ( Martínez 1967). Then, in Soula’s comparison of P. cribrata with P. touroulti and P. werneri , Soula provided a different image of the male parameres of P. cribrata . The form of the parameres in this image ( Soula 2008: 38, image on left) is apparently the form that is associated with the lectotype of P. cribrata . Soula assigned Ohaus’ two paralectotypes of H. cribrata with the new species P. touroulti ( Soula 2008: 38, image in middle).