Synopsis of the pelidnotine scarabs (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini) and annotated catalog of the species and subspecies Author Moore, Matthew R. Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida Building 1881 Natural Drive Area, Steinmetz Hall, Box 110620, Gainesville, FL 32611 - 0620, USA Author Jameson, Mary L. Department of Biological Sciences, Wichita State University 1845 Fairmount, Box 26, Wichita, KS 67260 - 0026, USA maryliz.jameson@gmail.com Author Garner, Beulah H. Natural History Museum, Insects Division, Department of Life Sciences, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK Author Audibert, Cedric Musee des Confluences, Centre de Conservation et d'Etude des Collections, 13 A Rue Bancel, F- 69007 Lyon, France Author Smith, Andrew B. T. Research Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, P. O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario, K 1 P 6 P 4, Canada Author Seidel, Matthias text ZooKeys 2017 2017-04-06 666 1 349 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.666.9191 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.666.9191 1313-2970-666-1 B3C377E8BBB14F328AECA2C22D1E625A C43EEB41A94B930FFE439D1FAD29FF9C 579453 Sorocha acutipennis (F. Bates, 1904) Pelidnota acutipennis F. Bates, 1904: 255, 263-264 [original combination]. Pelidnota (Ganonota) acutipennis F. Bates [new subgeneric combination by Ohaus 1918 : 25]. Pelidnota (Strigidia) acutipennis F. Bates [new subgeneric combination by Machatschke 1970 : 157]. Pelidnota (Odontognathus) acutipennis F. Bates [new subgeneric combination by Hardy 1975 : 4]. Sorocha acutipennis (F. Bates) [new combination by Soula 2006 : 87]. Pelidnota (Strigidia) acutipennis F. Bates [revised combination and revised subgeneric combination by Oezdikmen 2009 : 145]. Sorocha acutipennis (F. Bates) [ revised combination ]. Distribution. VENEZUELA: Merida, Tachira (F. Bates 1904 , Ohaus 1918 , 1934b , Blackwelder 1944 , Machatschke 1972 , Soula 2006 , Krajcik 2008 ). Types. Soula designated 1 ♀ syntype, but he did not provide the depository ( Soula 2006 ). The holotype ♀ of P. acutipennis is at the BMNH. Remarks. CCECL contains a specimen of S. acutipennis labeled as a male alloreferent with the following data: 1 ♂ alloreferent : "Zea-Merida I/2002 VENEZUELA Col. Andres Varga// Alloreferent ♂ de Strigidia acutipennis (Oh.) M. SOULA det 2005" (47030980). Genitalia card-mounted underneath the male alloreferent . Box 4618687 SOULA. While clarifying the subgeneric classification of Pelidnota (due to homonymy of the genus-group name Odontognathus Laporte), Oezdikmen (2009) listed Pelidnota acutipennis within Pelidnota (Strigidia) . We think that Oezdikmen (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. acutipennis (F. Bates) until the validity of Sorocha is evaluated by phylogenetic analysis.