Epichalcoplethis velutipes romeroi Soula, 2006

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

Epichalcoplethis velutipes romeroi Soula, 2006

Epichalcoplethis velutipes romeroi Soula, 2006: 111-112 [original combination].

Distribution.

VENEZUELA: Bolívar ( Soula 2006).

Types.

The following specimens are deposited at CCECL. 1 ♂ holotype (Fig. 19A, B, D ), 1 ♂ invalid holotype, 1 ♀ allotype (Fig. 19C, E ), 3 ♂ paratypes, 4 ♀ paratypes: "Rio Cauja Bolivar coll. - SOULA//Holotype 2005 Epichalcoplethis velutipes romeroi S. Soula" (47030032); Jabillal Rio Caura (Bolivar) coll - SOULA [obverse] 03/94 //Allotype 2005 Epichalcoplethis velutipes romeroi S. Soula" (47030033); "N. Venezuela S. Klages 1904//Not valid Holotype probable paratype det. M. L. Jameson 2014//Holotype Epichalcoplethis romeroi Sou. Soula det. 2005" (47030034); "Rio Cauja (Bolivar) coll. - SOULA[obverse] 07/87 Venez. // Pel. (Chalcoplethis) velutipes (Arrow)//Paratype Epichalcoplethis velutipes romeroi 2005 Soula" (47030035); "N. Venezuela S. Klages 1904// Pel. (Chalcoplethis) velutipes (Arrow)//Museum Paris ex Coll. R. Oberthur// Paratype Epichalcoplethis velutipes romeroi 2005 Soula" (47030036); "P. N. Henri Pittier Choroni; Venezuela V-VI/2005// Pel. (Chalcoplethis) velutipes (Arrow)//Paratype Epichalcoplethis velutipes romeroi S. 2005 Soula" (47030037); "Camp. minero Payapal Rio Yuruan//Exp. Instituto Zool. Agricola//Venezuela Bolivar//El Dorado 190 m 23-30-V-87 //Paratype 2005 Chalcoplethis velutipes romeroi S. Soula" (47030038); "Rio Cauja (Bolivar) coll. - SOULA [obverse] 07/87 // Pel. (Chalcoplethis) velutipes (Arrow)//Paratype 2005 Epichalcoplethis velutipes romeroi S. Soula" (47030039); "Choroni 200 m V/1998 M. SOULA det. 19 [obverse] Aragua Venezuela (Chez Romero) // Paratype 2005 Epichalcoplethis velutipes romeroi S. Soula" (47030040); "VENEZUELA: Bolívar Guri 200 m 27-vi-al 6-vii-1998 L. J. Joly; J. L. García; Y. Zavala//Paratype 2005 Epichalcoplethis velutipes romeroi S. Soula" (47030041). Genitalia card-mounted underneath the male holotype, the invalid male holotype, three male paratypes, and one female paratype (47030036, 47030037, 47030041, and 47030039). Box 4618648 SOULA.

Remarks.

The male holotype specimen labeled from "N. Venezuela" is in fact not the true holotype specimen according to Soula (2006). We labeled this specimen as a probable paratype.

Figures

Figure 19. Epichalcoplethis velutipes romeroi Soula holotype male and allotype female from CCECL. A Dorsal habitus, holotype B Specimens labels, holotype C Specimen labels, allotype D Male genitalia dorsal view, holotype E Dorsal habitus, allotype.