Pelidnota burmeisteri tricolor Nonfried, 1894

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 burmeisteri tricolor Nonfried, 1894

Pelidnota tricolor Nonfried, 1894: 123-124 [original combination].

Pelidnota sumptuosa var. tricolor Nonfried [new infrasubspecific status by F. Bates 1904: 260].

Pelidnota burmeisteri var. tricolor Nonfried [revised infrasubspecific status by Ohaus 1905: 317].

Pelidnota (Pelidnota) burmeisteri var. tricolor Nonfried [new subgeneric combination by Ohaus 1918: 25].

Pelidnota burmeisteri tricolor Nonfried [new combination and new subpecific status by Soula 2009: 38-39].

Pelidnota ludovici Ohaus, 1905 synonym.

Pelidnota ludovici Ohaus, 1905: 317 [original combination].

Pelidnota (Pelidnota) ludovici Ohaus [new subgeneric combination by Ohaus 1918: 25].

Pelidnota ludovici Ohaus [removal of subgeneric classification by Soula 2009: 39-40].

Pelidnota burmeisteri tricolor Nonfried [syn. n.].

Distribution.

BRAZIL: Bahia, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso ( Ohaus 1905, 1918, 1934b, Blackwelder 1944, Machatschke 1972, Krajcik 2008, Soula 2009).

Types.

1 ♂ syntype specimen of Pelidnota tricolor Nonfried at ZMHB (Fig. 57 ). 1 ♂ holotype of Pelidnota ludovici at ZMHB ( Soula 2009).

Remarks.

Ohaus (1905) compared P. ludovici with P. burmeisteri . The holotype specimen was collected on the flowers of “mimosa”. The species was described based on a single male specimen that was collected by his brother in the state of Espírito Santo on the bank of the Rio Doce between Baixo Guandu and Timbuhy (collecting date Dec. 21, 1898) ( Ohaus 1905). Pelidnota ludovici is a metallic green morphotype of P. burmeisteri . We considered that the holotype may represent a teneral specimen of P. burmeisteri , but we examined two specimens both from Espírito Santo (probably representing different collecting events). The ventral surface is metallic rufous with metallic green shine in P. ludovici (black with metallic green in P. burmeisteri ); legs are metallic rufous or purple (black in P. burmeisteri ); head is shiny, metallic green (also in P. burmeisteri ); pronotum, scutellum, and elytra are metallic rufous with green shine (pronotum and scutellum metallic green, elytra black and shiny in P. burmeisteri ). Based on comparison of types of P. ludovici and P. burmeisteri tricolor (male genitalia and other characters), we consider these taxa to be conspecific. Pelidnota ludovici Ohaus is a new synonym of Pelidnota burmeisteri tricolor .

Figures

Figure 57. Pelidnota tricolor Nonfried (valid name Pelidnota burmeisteri tricolor Nonfried) syntype male from ZMHB. A Dorsal habitus B Lateral habitus C Male genitalia, lateral view D Male parameres, caudal view E Specimen labels.