Pelidnota frommeri Hardy, 1975

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 frommeri Hardy, 1975

Pelidnota (Pelidnota) frommeri Hardy, 1975: 7, 25-26 [original combination].

Pelidnota frommeri Hardy [removal of subgeneric classification by Soula 2009: 54-55].

Distribution.

COSTA RICA: Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limón, San José ( Hardy 1975, Morón 1979, Maes 1987, Solís and Morón 1994, Krajcik 2008, Soula 2009, García-López et al. 2013). ECUADOR: Guayas ( Hardy 1975, Morón 1979, Maes 1987). HONDURAS ( Hardy 1975, Soula 2009). MEXICO: Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz ( Hardy 1975, Morón 1979, Maes 1987, Lobo and Morón 1993, Morón et al. 1997). NICARAGUA: Chontales ( Hardy 1975, Morón 1979, Maes 1987, Soula 2009).

Types.

1 ♂ holotype and 1 ♀ allotype at USNM ( Hardy 1975, Soula 2009); 4 ♀ paratypes at CMNC; 5 paratypes at BMNH; additional paratypes at CAS, CNC, LACM, MCZ, NHMB and USNM ( Hardy 1975).