Synopsis of the pelidnotine scarabs (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini) and annotated catalog of the species and subspecies
Author
Moore, Matthew R.
Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida Building 1881 Natural Drive Area, Steinmetz Hall, Box 110620, Gainesville, FL 32611 - 0620, USA
Author
Jameson, Mary L.
Department of Biological Sciences, Wichita State University 1845 Fairmount, Box 26, Wichita, KS 67260 - 0026, USA
maryliz.jameson@gmail.com
Author
Garner, Beulah H.
Natural History Museum, Insects Division, Department of Life Sciences, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK
Author
Audibert, Cedric
Musee des Confluences, Centre de Conservation et d'Etude des Collections, 13 A Rue Bancel, F- 69007 Lyon, France
Author
Smith, Andrew B. T.
Research Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, P. O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario, K 1 P 6 P 4, Canada
Author
Seidel, Matthias
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Pelidnota cuprea (Germar, 1824)
Rutela cuprea
Germar, 1824: 120-121 [original combination].
Pelidnota cuprea
(Germar) [new combination by
Perty 1830
: 49].
Strigidia cuprea
(Germar) [new combination by
Burmeister 1844
: 389].
Odontognathus cupreus
(Germar) [new combination by
Blanchard 1851
: 214-215].
Strigidia cuprea
(Germar) [new combination by
Lacordaire 1856
: 355].
Odontognathus cupreus
(Germar) [revised combination by
Harold 1869b
: 1221].
Pelidnota (Odontognathus) cuprea
(Germar) [revised combination and new subgeneric combination by
Ohaus 1913
: 504].
Pelidnota (Ganonota) cuprea
(Germar) [new subgeneric combination by
Ohaus 1918
: 27].
Pelidnota (Strigidia) cuprea
(Germar) [new subgeneric combination by
Machatschke 1970
: 157].
Pelidnota (Odontognathus) cuprea
(Germar) [revised subgeneric combination by
Hardy 1975
: 4].
Pelidnota (Ganonota) cuprea
(Germar) [revised subgeneric combination by
Frey 1976
: 344].
Strigidia cuprea
(Germar) [revised combination by
Soula 2006
: 13-16].
Pelidnota (Strigidia) cuprea
(Germar) [revised combination and revised subgeneric combination by
Oezdikmen
2009
: 145].
Pelidnota cuprea
(Germar) [removal of subgeneric classification by
Soula 2009
: 115].
Odontognathus unicolor
Laporte, 1840
synonym.
Odontognathus unicolor
Laporte, 1840: 137 [original combination].
Strigidia fulvipennis
(Germar) [syn. by
Burmeister 1844
: 390].
Odontognathus fulvipennis var. unicolor
Germar [revised combination and new infrasubspecific status by
Harold 1869b
: 1221].
Pelidnota (Ganonota) cuprea
(Germar) [syn. by
Ohaus 1918
: 27].
Rutela fulvipennis
Germar, 1824
synonym.
Rutela fulvipennis
Germar, 1824: 121 [original combination].
Strigidia fulvipennis
(Germar) [new combination by
Burmeister 1844
: 390].
Odontognathus cupreus var. fulvipennis
(Germar) [new combination and new infrasubspecific status by
Blanchard 1851
: 215].
Pelidnota (Odontognathus) cuprea var. fulvipennis
(Germar) [new combination and new subgeneric combination by
Ohaus 1913
: 504].
Pelidnota (Ganonota) cuprea var. fulvipennis
(Germar) [new subgeneric combination by
Ohaus 1918
: 27].
Pelidnota (Strigidia) cuprea var. fulvipennis
(Germar) [new subgeneric combination by
Machatschke 1970
: 157].
Pelidnota (Strigidia) cuprea forma fulvipennis
(Germar) [revised infrasubspecific status by
Machatschke 1972
: 29].
Pelidnota (Odontognathus) cuprea forma fulvipennis
(Germar) [revised subgeneric combination by
Hardy 1975
: 4].
Pelidnota (Ganonota) cuprea forma fulvipennis
(Germar) [revised subgeneric combination by
Frey 1976
: 344].
Strigidia cuprea var. fulvipennis
(Germar) [revised combination and revised infrasubspecific status by
Soula 2006
: 15].
Pelidnota (Strigidia) cuprea var. fulvipennis
(Germar) [revised combination and revised subgeneric combination by
Oezdikmen
2009
: 145].
Pelidnota cuprea var. fulvipennis
(Germar) [removal of subgeneric classification by
Soula 2009
: 115].
Pelidnota cuprea
(Germar) [
syn. n.
].
Distribution.
ARGENTINA (
Soula 2006
). BOLIVIA (
Soula 2006
). BRAZIL: Bahia,
Goias
, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina (
Germar 1824
,
Perty 1830
,
Burmeister 1844
,
Blanchard 1851
,
Ohaus 1913
,
1918
,
1934b
,
Blackwelder 1944
,
Machatschke 1972
,
Soula 2006
,
Krajcik 2008
). PARAGUAY (
Ohaus 1913
,
1918
,
1934b
,
Machatschke 1972
,
Soula 2006
).
Remarks.
Color variation in this species is found within populations. At least 80 specimens were collected in a single collecting event and single collecting locality (Rio Je Janeiro, Brazil). From this collecting event,
Ohaus's
determinations refer to
P. cuprea var. cuprea
(blackish and shiny cupreous reflections),
P. cuprea var. coerulea
(black with shiny green reflections), and
P. cuprea var. fulvipennis
(castaneous with shiny green reflections). Research should examine if this variation is intraspecific or, instead, indicative of interspecific variation in several sympatric species. Relationships of the species in the
Pelidnota cuprea
complex require analysis. Species in the group have bounced to and from the genera
Pelidnota
,
Odontognathus
,
Ganonota
, and
Strigidia
, demonstrating historical classification difficulties and illustrating the need for phylogenetic analysis within the broader context of the
Rutelini
. Male species in the "
cuprea
complex" (
P. rubripennis
,
P. riedeli
,
P. cuprea
,
P. ebenina
) share a concavity on the disc of the sternites.
Ohaus's
(1913)
publication described both subspecies and varieties (sometimes both for the same species, e.g.,
Homonyx chalceus
), thus unambiguously allowing us to treat these names in an infrasubspecific manner.
Ohaus (1913)
named several varieties of
Pelidnota cuprea
, but these names are unambiguously infrasubspecific and are
unavailable
according to ICZN Article 45.6.1:
Pelidnota (Odontognathus) cuprea var. coerulea
Ohaus (
unavailable name
) (Fig.
59
),
P. (Odontognathus) cuprea var. rufoviolacea
Ohaus (
unavailable name
) (Fig.
61
), and
P. (Odontognathus) cuprea var. nigrocoerulea
(
unavailable name
) (Fig.
60
) (
Moore and Jameson 2013
).
Rutela fulvipennis
Germar is an available name that was subsequently treated as an infrasubspecific color variant of
Pelidnota cuprea
.
Rutela fulvipennis
maintained infrasubspecific status through
Soula (2006)
.
Krajcik (2008)
listed the name in synonymy with
Pelidnota cuprea
(Germar). Because we do not consider
Krajcik (2008)
to contain express taxonomic changes and we do not recognize infrasubspecific entities, we formalize the synonymy herein:
Rutela fulvipennis
Germar is a
new synonym
of
Pelidnota cuprea
(Germar).
Figure 59.
Pelidnota cuprea var. coerulea
Ohaus (unavailable name) (valid name
Pelidnota cuprea
[Germar]) invalid type female from ZMHB.
A
Dorsal habitus
B
Lateral habitus
C
Specimen labels.
Figure 60.
Pelidnota cuprea var. nigrocoerulea
Ohaus (unavailable name) (valid name
Pelidnota cuprea
[Germar]) invalid type female from ZMHB.
A
Dorsal habitus
B
Lateral habitus
C
Specimen labels.
Figure 61.
Pelidnota cuprea var. rufoviolacea
Ohaus (unavailable name) (valid name
Pelidnota cuprea
[Germar]) invalid type male from ZMHB.
A
Dorsal habitus
B
Lateral habitus
C
Specimen labels, mouthparts, and male genitalia
D
Male genitalia, lateral view
E
Male parameres, caudal view.