Xenopelidnota anomala porioni Chalumeau, 1985

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

Xenopelidnota anomala porioni Chalumeau, 1985

Xenopelidnota anomala porioni Chalumeau, 1985: 236-237 [original combination].

Xenopelidnota pittieri porioni Chalumeau [new combination by Soula 2009: 127].

Xenopelidnota anomala porioni Chalumeau [revised subspecific status].

Distribution.

GRENADA (FSCA) ( Peck 2016). ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES: St. Vincent ( Chalumeau 1985, Krajcik 2008, Soula 2009, Peck 2010).

Types.

1 ♂ holotype at IREC. Paratypes at IREC, MNHN (Fig. 106 ), USNM, BMNH, and CAS (Alan Hardy’s Collection) ( Chalumeau 1985, Soula 2009). Searching for the paratype at BMNH did not reveal the specimen (BHG pers. obs. Aug. 2016).

Remarks.

Soula (2009) considered Xenopelidnota anomala porioni to be a subspecies of his new species X. pittieri . However, Xenopelidnota pittieri pittieri Soula is an unavailable name (see section below). We correct this herein and consider the valid name to be Xenopelidnota anomala porioni Chalumeau, revised subspecific status. Future research should examine the status of this subspecies as it is distinctive and may be more appropriately treated as a species.

Figures

Figure 106. Xenopelidnota anomala porioni Chalumeau male paratype from MNHN. A Dorsal habitus B Lateral habitus C Specimen labels and male genitalia D Male genitalia, lateral view E Male parameres, caudal view.