Pelidnota rectificata 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 rectificata in litt.; Unavailable, invalid name

Types.

The following specimen is deposited at CCECL. 1 ♂ invalid holotype: "Faz. Aceiro Jatai, Goiás - Brasil X.1962//Holotype 2008 Pelidnota rectificata S. Soula//Invalid Holotype det. MR Moore ‘15” (47030808). Genitalia card-mounted underneath the invalid male holotype. Box 4618681 SOULA. The following specimen is deposited at CMNC. 1 ♀ invalid allotype: "BRASIL GOIAZ Jatai J. Guetin-leg. Coll. Martinez Oct. 953//H. & A. HOWDEN COLLECTION ex. A. Martinez coll.//Allotype 2008 Pelidnota rectificata S. Soula".

Remarks.

The name Pelidnota rectificata Soula does not appear in the literature nor has the name been associated with a species description. This specimen is considered an invalid type and the name Pelidnota rectificata is unavailable.