Homeochlorota chiriquina (Ohaus, 1905)

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

Homeochlorota chiriquina (Ohaus, 1905)

Pseudochlorota chiriquina Ohaus, 1905: 306-307 [original combination].

Homeochlorota chiriquina (Ohaus) [new combination by Soula 2006: 149-150].

Distribution.

COSTA RICA: Guanacaste ( Soula 2006). PANAMA: Chiriquí ( Ohaus 1905, 1918, 1934b, Machatschke 1972, Soula 2006, Krajcik 2008).

Types.

Lectotype male of Pseudochlorota chiriquina at ZMHB labeled: "Panama, V.d. Chiriqui"; “typus!” (red label, typed); male genitalia card mounted; " Pseudochlorota chiriquina Ohaus" (red label, handwritten). Paralectotype female at ZMHB labeled as lectotype with mouthparts card mounted. An exemplar specimen is shown in Fig. 25 .

Remarks.

Krajcik (2012, 2013) considered the valid name for this species to be Pseudochlorota chiriquina . Lacking his rationale for this nomenclatural change, we use the name H. chiriquina .

Figures

Figure 25. Homeochlorota chiriquina (Ohaus) male from DBPC. A Dorsal habitus B Lateral habitus C Male genitalia, lateral view D Male parameres, dorsal view.