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 nadiae ( Martinez , 1978) Pelidnota (Odontognathus) nadiae Martinez , 1978: 125-129 [original combination]. Sorocha nadiae ( Martinez ) [new combination by Soula 2006 : 96]. Pelidnota (Strigidia) nadiae Martinez [revised combination and new subgeneric combination by Oezdikmen 2009 : 145]. Sorocha nadiae ( Martinez ) [ revised combination ]. Distribution. ECUADOR: Pichincha ( Martinez 1978 , Paucar-Cabrera 2005 , Soula 2006 , Krajcik 2008 ). Types. Holotype specimen of Pelidnota (Odontognathus) nadiae at MACN; 1 ♂ paratype at CMNC. Remarks. CCECL contains a S. nadiae specimen labeled as a female alloreferent with the following data: 1 ♀ alloreferent : "Pacto Pichincha Equa. M. SOULA det 19/ Sorocha nadiae (Mar.) M. SOULA det [19 crossed out] 2006//Alloreferent ♀ Sorocha nadiae det. M. R. Moore 2014 (M)" (47030992). Box 4618688 SOULA. While clarifying the subgeneric classification of Pelidnota (due to homonymy of the genus-group name Odontognathus Laporte), Oezdikmen (2009) listed Pelidnota nadiae 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. nadiae ( Martinez ) until the validity of Sorocha is evaluated by phylogenetic analysis.