Pelidnota vitalisi Ohaus, 1925

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 vitalisi Ohaus, 1925

Pelidnota (Ganonota) vitalisi Ohaus, 1925: 77-78 [original combination].

Pelidnota (Strigidia) vitalisi Ohaus [new subgeneric combination by Machatschke 1970: 157].

Pelidnota (Odontognathus) vitalisi Ohaus [new subgeneric combination by Hardy 1975: 4].

Pelidnota (Ganonota) vitalisi Ohaus [revised subgeneric combination by Frey 1976: 344].

Strigidia vitalisi (Ohaus) [new combination by Soula 2006: 16].

Pelidnota (Strigidia) vitalisi Ohaus [revised combination and revised subgeneric combination by Özdikmen 2009: 145].

Pelidnota vitalisi Ohaus [removal of subgeneric classification by Soula 2009: 116].

Distribution.

BRAZIL: Mato Grosso ( Ohaus 1925, 1934b, Machatschke 1972, Soula 2006, Krajcik 2008).

Types.

Lectotype of Pelidnota (Ganonota) vitalisi in ZMHB and an unknown number of paralectotypes should be at MNHN, but were not recorded in Soula ( Soula 2006). Soula (2006) mentioned a female paralectotype at IRSNB. Lectotype ♂ at ZMHB with labels: a) "Corumba Matt. Grosso" (typeset, white label), b) male genitalia card mounted, c) “Type” (red label, typeset), d) "Vitalisi Ohs" (red label, handwritten but not in Ohaus’ handwriting) (Fig. 97 ).

Remarks.

Ohaus (1925) compared P. vitalisi with P. (Odontognathus) cuprea and P. rubripennis Burmeister. He placed the species in Pelidnota (Ganonota) . Based on the original description, Ohaus (1925) had at least one female and one male specimen from Corumba, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Ohaus (1925: fig. 1, p. 78) provided an illustration of the male parameres in dorsal and lateral views. The species is named for Mr. R. Vitalis de Salvaza, to whom some type specimens were donated. Vitalis de Salvaza’s collection eventually went to Le Moult’s collection and then to MNHN. With the exception of the male genitalia, this species is not easily distinguished from others in the P. cuprea -complex. The head, pronotum, scutellum, pygidium, and venter are metallic green; elytra are deeply striated and tan. However, the color alone is not sufficient to identify the species.

Figures

Figure 97. Pelidnota (Ganonota) vitalisi Ohaus (valid name Pelidnota vitalisi Ohaus) type male (see " Type specimens and lectotype designation " in Methods) from ZMHB. A Dorsal habitus B Lateral habitus C Specimen labels and male genitalia D Male genitalia, lateral view E Male parameres, dorsal view.