Pelidnota thiliezi Soula, 2009

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 thiliezi Soula, 2009

Pelidnota thiliezi Soula, 2009: 34, 112-113 [original combination].

Distribution.

BRAZIL: Goiás ( Soula 2009).

Types.

The following specimens are deposited at CCECL. 1 ♂ neotype, 25 ♂ paratypes, 9 ♀ paratypes, 2 probable ♂ paratypes: 21 paratypes with identical label data: "Goiana, Goyas Brésil, IX-X/95//Paratype Pelidnota thiliezi S. 2008-2009" (47030732 to 47030748, exch44 to exch47); "Goiana, Goyas Brésil, IX-X/95//Paratype Pelidnota grossiorum S. 2008-2009//Probable Pelidnota thiliezi C. Audibert 2016" (47030749); "Goias Goiañia coll. - SOULA//Paratype Pelidnota grossiorum S. 2008-2009//Probable Pelidnota thiliezi C. Audibert 2016" (47030750); five paratypes with identical label data: "Goias Goiañia coll. - SOULA//Paratype Pelidnota thiliezi S. 2008-2009" (47030751 to 47030755); three paratypes with identical label data: "Goias Goiañia 11/93 coll. - SOULA//Paratype Pelidnota thiliezi S. 2008-2009" (47030756 to 47030758); "Goiar K.P. Klausen 30/11 15//ZOOL. MUSEUM DK COPENHAGEN//Paratype Pelidnota thiliezi S. 2008-2009" (47030759); two paratypes with identical label data: "Goiar K.P. Klausen 30/11 1915//ZOOL. MUSEUM DK COPENHAGEN//Paratype Pelidnota thiliezi S. 2008-2009" (47030760 to 47030761). Neotype here designated and deposited at CCECL: "Goiana, Goyas Brésil, IX-X/95//Paratype Pelidnota thiliezi S. 2008-2009//Neotype Pelidnota thiliezi Soula 2009 C. Audibert des." (47030731) (Fig. 90 ). Genitalia card-mounted underneath the male neotype and eight male paratypes. Box 4618680 SOULA. The following specimens are deposited at CMNC. 5 ♂ paratypes: "BRASIL GOIAS Jatay Oliveira - leg. Coll. Martínez. Nov.-972//H. & A. HOWDEN COLLECTION ex. A. Martinez coll.//Paratype Pelidnota thiliezi S. 2008-2009".

Diagnosis. Soula (2009) described P. thiliezi as a “population” from Goías, Brazil that is "close to" P. estebanabadiei from Brazil, Ecuador, and Colombia. Soula (2009) stated that P. thiliezi shares similarities with P. ancilla (Fig. 53 ), and it differs only in a few characters which we consider to be highly variable within species. According to Soula (2009), P. thiliezi is darker than P. ancilla . In comparison to P. ancilla , the clypeus of the male is "rather short, subtrapezoidal, with a subtruncate anterior margin, somewhat large, a little reflexed, and quite distinctly concave from behind" and the clypeus of the female is "more elongated, broadly parabolic rather than truncate" ( Soula 2009: 112, translated from French). In addition, Soula (2009) stated that the mandibular teeth of the male are smaller than those of P. estebanabadiei .

Remarks.

Soula (2009) indicated that he deposited the holotype specimen of P. thiliezi at CCECL. Our study of the pelidnotine specimens at CCECL revealed that the holotype of this species is missing and it is presumed lost. We designated a neotype at CCECL (data above) from Soula’s (2009) paratype series in order to clarify the taxonomic status of P. thiliezi and to secure the stability of nomenclature. The neotype is from the type locality of P. thiliezi ("Goiana, Goias") ( Soula 2009). We examined all of the available Pelidnota thiliezi paratype material at CCECL. Features of the neotype specimen correspond closely to the original description ( Soula 2009), and the specimen shares the clypeal shape, coloration, and paramere morphology of the lost holotype.

Figures

Figure 53. Pelidnota ancilla F. Bates male holotype from BMNH. A Dorsal habitus B Lateral habitus C Specimen labels and male genitalia D Male genitalia, lateral view E Male parameres, dorsal view.

Figure 90. Pelidnota thiliezi male, neotype from CCECL. A Dorsal habitus B Lateral habitus C Specimen labels D Male genitalia, lateral view E Male genitalia, dorsal view.