Sorocha plicipennis (Ohaus, 1934)

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

Sorocha plicipennis (Ohaus, 1934)

Pelidnota (Ganonota) plicipennis Ohaus, 1934a: 10-11 [original combination].

Pelidnota (Strigidia) plicipennis Ohaus [new subgeneric combination by Machatschke 1970: 157].

Pelidnota (Odontognathus) plicipennis Ohaus [new subgeneric combination by Hardy 1975: 4].

Sorocha plicipennis (Ohaus) [new combination by Soula 2006: 92-93].

Pelidnota (Strigidia) plicipennis (Ohaus) [revised combination and revised subgeneric combination by Özdikmen 2009: 145].

Sorocha plicipennis (Ohaus) [revised combination].

Distribution.

BOLIVIA: La Paz ( Ohaus 1934a, b, Blackwelder 1944, Machatschke 1972, Soula 2006, Krajcik 2008).

Types.

1 ♂ type specimen of Pelidnota (Ganonota) plicipennis Ohaus at ZMHB (Fig. 102 ). Soula (2006) recorded 1 ♂ lectotype and 1 paralectotype at ZMHB.

Remarks.

While clarifying the subgeneric classification of Pelidnota (due to homonymy of the genus-group name Odontognathus Laporte), Özdikmen (2009) listed Pelidnota plicipennis within Pelidnota (Strigidia) . We think that Özdikmen (2009) was unaware of Soula’s (2006) erection of the genus Sorocha for some species previously classified in various subgenera of Pelidnota . We classify this species in Sorocha as S. plicipennis (Ohaus) until the validity of Sorocha is evaluated by phylogenetic analysis.

Figures

Figure 102. Pelidnota (Ganonota) plicipennis Ohaus (valid name Sorocha plicipennis [Ohaus]) type male from ZMHB. A Dorsal habitus B Lateral habitus C Specimen labels and male genitalia D Male genitalia, lateral view E Male parameres, caudal view.