The taxonomic status of Pelidnota gounellei (Ohaus, 1908) and Pelidnota ludovici Ohaus, 1905 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Melolonthidae) Author Ferreira, André da Silva Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Departamento de Agronomia / Fitossanidade, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Author Grossi, Paschoal C. Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Departamento de Agronomia / Fitossanidade, Programa de Pós-Graduação em paschoal.grossi@gmail.com Author Seidel, Matthias Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Zweite Zoologische Abteilung, Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria. text Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 2022 e 20220025 2023-01-06 66 4 1 12 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-rbent-2022-0025 journal article 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2022-0025 1806-9665 13197482 Pelidnota burmeisteri tricolor Nonfried, 1894 ( Fig. 5 A-5I) Pelidnota tricolor Nonfried, 1894: 123–124 [original description]. 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 subspecific status by Soula (2009 , pp. 38-39)]. Type material: 1 male lectotype (present designation) of Pelidnota tricolor Nonfried at ZMHB [seeMoore et al.(2017, p. 170)], see Figure 57 in Moore et al. (2017 , p. 172), 1 male lectotype : “Coll. Nonfried. / Brasilia // Pelidnota / tricolor / Nonfried // Type // LECTOTYPE / Pelidnota burmeisteri tricolor / Nonfried,1894 / des.Ferreira,Grossi& Seidel 2022”. 1male syntype at ZSM : “Coll. Nonfried. / Brasilia. // Pelidnota / tricolor / Nonfr. Cotype // Staatssammlung / München,1975/ Erwerb Coll./ Machatschke// SYNTYPE / Pelidnota tricolor / Nonfried,1894 / det.M.Seidel2019 // WORLD / SCARAB. / DATABASE / WSD00344828” // PARALECTOTYPE / Pelidnota burmeisteri tricolor / Nonfried, 1894 / des. Ferreira, Grossi & Seidel 2022 ( Fig. 5E ). Examined material: No additional material examined. Distribution: BRAZIL : Mato Grosso ( Ohaus, 1905 , 1918 , 1934 ; Blackwelder, 1944 ; Machatschke, 1972 ; Krajcik, 2008 ; Soula, 2009 ; Moore et al., 2017 ) ( Fig. 18 ). As far as we have noticed there are only the syntypes of this subspecies, and no other specimen from Mato Grosso state was collected, or has been published.