Pelidnota rioensis Soula, 2009

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

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.666.9191
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scientific name	Pelidnota rioensis Soula, 2009
status

Treatment

Pelidnota arnaudi rioensis Soula, 2009: 73-74 [original combination].

Pelidnota rioensis Soula [new status].

Distribution.

BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro ( Soula 2009).

Types.

Male holotype, female allotype, and three paratypes at MNHN ( Soula 2009). The following specimens are deposited at CCECL. 4 ♂ paratypes, 1 ♀ paratype: "Etat de Rio Brazil. M. SOULA det 19//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota arnaudi rioensis S. Soula" (47030583); four paratypes with identical label data: "Nova Friborgo - R. J. XII/92 - BRESIL//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota arnaudi rioensis S. Soula" (47030584 to 47030587). Genitalia card-mounted underneath three male paratypes. Box 4618670 SOULA.

Remarks.

Because Pelidnota arnaudi arnaudi Soula is an unavailable name and P. arnaudi rioensis is available, it is given herein new status as P. rioensis .