Pelidnota grossiorum 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 grossiorum Soula, 2009

Pelidnota grossiorum Soula, 2009: 34, 110-111 [original combination].

Distribution.

BRAZIL: Minas Gerais ( Soula 2009).

Types.

The following specimens are deposited at CCECL. 1 ♂ holotype, 1 ♀ allotype, 3 ♂ paratypes, 2 ♀ paratypes, 1 ♂ invalid paratype: "Ipatinga M. G. XI/992 (sic) - BRESIL//Holotype 2008 Pelidnota grossiorum S. Soula" (47030799); "BRASIL: MG Cordisburgo Faz. Pontinha XII/1993 F. Z. Vaz de Mello//Allotype 2008 Pelidnota grossiorum S. Soula" (47030800); Three paratypes with identical label data: "Ipatinga M. G. XI/992 (sic) - BRESIL//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota grossiorum Soula" (47030801 to 47030803); "BRASIL: MG Cordisburgo Faz. Pontinha XII/1993 F. Z. Vaz de Mello//Paratype 2009 Pelidnota grossiorum S. Soula" (47030804); "Vale Rio Doce Minas Geraes 10/86 [obverse] Minas Geraes//Paratype 2009 Pelidnota grossiorum S. Soula" (47030805); "Ipatinga M.G. 11/94 coll. - SOULA//Paratype 2008 Pelidnota grossiorum S. Soula//Invalid Paratype Pelidnota grossiorum Soula det. MR Moore ‘15” (47030806). Genitalia card-mounted underneath the male holotype, the female allotype and the invalid male paratype. Box 4618681 SOULA.

Remarks.

One male specimen labeled as a paratype bears a collecting date that was not reported in Soula (2009). This specimen is considered an invalid paratype.