Mecopelidnota marxi Soula, 2008

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

Mecopelidnota marxi Soula, 2008

Mecopelidnota marxi Soula, 2008: 25 [original combination].

Distribution.

ECUADOR: Loja ( Soula 2008). PERU: Lambayeque, Piura ( Soula 2008, Ratcliffe et al. 2015).

Types.

The following specimens are deposited at CCECL. 1 ♂ holotype, 1 ♀ allotype, 5 ♂ paratypes, 13 ♀ paratypes: "Abra Porculla, Dt. Piura N-W Pérou; 1800m II/2007//Holotype Mecopelidnota marxi S. 2007 Soula" (47031109); "Abra Porculla, Dt. Piura N-W Pérou; 1800m II/2007//Allotype Mecopelidnota marxi S. 2007 Soula" (47031110); Eleven paratypes with identical label data: "Abra Porculla, Dt. Piura N-W Pérou; 1800m II/2007//Paratype Mecopelidnota marxi S. 2007 Soula" (47031111 to 47031120, exch61); "PERU Sullana Hda. Mallares 9. III.58 W. MARKL//Paratype Mecopelidnota marxi S. 2007 Soula" (47031121); "PERU Sullana Hda. Mallares 28. II.57 W. MARKL//Paratype Mecopelidnota marxi S. 2007 Soula" (47031122); Two paratypes with label data "Catamayo Loja (Eq.) coll. - SOULA [obverse] 7/III/98 (1300m)//Paratype Mecopelidnota marxi S. 2007 Soula" (47031123). Genitalia card-mounted underneath the male holotype and three female paratypes. Box 4618692 SOULA.