Pelidnota unicolor desantacatarina in litt.; Unavailable, invalid name

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 unicolor desantacatarina in litt.; Unavailable, invalid name

Types.

The following specimens are deposited at CCECL. 3 ♂ invalid paratypes: "Santa Catarina Br. I/97 M. SOULA det 19//Paratype 2006 Pelidnota unicolor desantacatarina Soula"//Invalid Paratype det. Moore ’15” (47030868); “Bré. Santa Catarina I/97 M. SOULA det 19//Paratype 2006 Pelidnota unicolor desantacatarina S. Soula"//Invalid Paratype det. Moore ’15” (47030869); "Santa Catarina Brés. I/97 M. SOULA det 19//Paratype 2006 Pelidnota unicolor S. desantacatarina Soula"//Invalid Paratype det. Moore ’15” (47030870). Box 4618683 SOULA.

Remarks.

The name Pelidnota unicolor desantacatarina Soula does not appear in the literature nor has the name been associated with a species description. These type specimens are considered invalid and the name Pelidnota unicolor desantacatarina is unavailable.