Pelidnota jalapensis H. W. Bates, 1888

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 jalapensis H. W. Bates, 1888

Pelidnota virescens var. jalapensis H. W. Bates, 1888: 275 [original combination].

Pelidnota (Pelidnota) virescens var. jalapensis H. W. Bates [new subgeneric combination by Ohaus 1918: 24].

Pelidnota (Pelidnota) virescens jalapensis H. W. Bates [new subspecific status by Machatschke 1972: 24].

Pelidnota (Pelidnota) jalapensis H. W. Bates [new species status by Hardy 1975: 7, 16].

Pelidnota jalapensis H. W. Bates [removal of subgeneric classification by Soula 2009: 66].

Distribution.

MEXICO: Guerrero, Oaxaca, Veracruz (H. W. Bates 1888, Ohaus 1918, 1934b, Machatschke 1972, Hardy 1975, Delgado-Castillo et al. 1988, Krajcik 2008, Soula 2009, Deloya et al. 2014).

Types.

1 ♂ lectotype at BMNH ( Hardy 1975, Soula 2006); 1 paralectotype at BMNH ( Soula 2006); 8 paralectotypes and 2 paralectotypes at MNHN. The following type specimens are deposited at CCECL. 2 ♂ Paralectotypes: "Jalapa, Mexico. Hoege//MUSEUM PARIS AMÉRIQUE CENTR. COLL OU BIOL CENTR AMÉR GODMAN 1908// Pelidnota virescens v. jalapensis Bts.//2008 Pelidnota jalapensis Bates M. SOULA det 19//Paralectotype 2008 Pelidnota virescens var. jalapensis Ba Soula det." (47030485); "Jalapa, Mexico. Hoege.//H.W.Bates Biol.Cent.Amer.//2008 Pelidnota jalapensis Bates M. SOULA det 19//Paralectotype 2008 Pelidnota virescens var. jalapensis Ba. Soula det." (47030486). Genitalia card-mounted underneath one male paralectotype. Box 4618666 SOULA.