Mecopelidnota willersi 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

Mecopelidnota willersi in litt.; Unavailable, invalid name

Types.

The following specimens are deposited at CCECL. 1 ♂ invalid holotype, 1 ♀ invalid allotype, 3 ♂ invalid paratypes, 2 ♀ invalid paratypes: “Oña, Equat. 2500 m II/2001 M. SOULA det 19//Holotype Mecopelidnota willersi S. 2007 Soula//Invalid Holotype det. MR Moore ‘15” (47031128); “Oña, Equat. 2500 m II/2001 M. SOULA det 19//Allotype Mecopelidnota willersi S. 2007 Soula//Invalid Allotype det. MR Moore ‘15” (47031129); Two invalid paratypes with identical label data: "Equateur M. SOULA det 19//Paratype Mecopelidnota willersi S. 2007 Soula//Invalid Paratype det. MR Moore ‘15” (47031130 and 47031131); Three invalid paratyes with identical label data “Oña - Equ. II/2001 M. SOULA det 19 [obverse] 2500 m//Paratype Mecopelidnota willersi S. 2007 Soula//Invalid Paratype det. MR Moore ‘15” (47031132). Genitalia card-mounted underneath the invalid male holotype and the two invalid male paratypes. Box 4618692 SOULA.

Remarks.

The name Mecopelidnota willersi Soula has never been associated with a species description or holotype designation in the literature. These type specimens of Mecopelidnota willersi are thus invalid.