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 Pelidnota notata Blanchard, 1851 Pelidnota notata Blanchard, 1851: 212 [original combination]. Pelidnota (Pelidnota) notata Blanchard [new subgeneric combination by Ohaus 1918 : 23]. Pelidnota notata Blanchard [removal of subgeneric classification by Soula 2009 : 84]. Distribution. BELIZE: Toledo ( Hardy 1975 , Moron et al. 1985 ). COLOMBIA: Boyaca , Choco , Valle del Cauca ( Ohaus 1918 , 1934b , Blackwelder 1944 , Machatschke 1972 , Maes 1987 , Restrepo et al. 2003, Neita-Moreno 2011 ). COSTA RICA: Alajuela, Cartago, Heredia, Limon , Puntarenas, San Jose (H. W. Bates 1888, Ohaus 1934b , Blackwelder 1944 , Machatschke 1972 , Hardy 1975 , Moron et al. 1985 , Maes 1987 , Solis and Moron 1994 , Soula 2009 , Garcia-Lopez et al. 2013 ). ECUADOR: Cotopaxi, Esmeraldas, Guayas, Los Rios , Napo, Pichincha, Tungurahua ( Ohaus 1908b , 1918 , 1934b , Blackwelder 1944 , Machatschke 1972 , Hardy 1975 , Moron 1979 , Moron et al. 1985 , Maes 1987 , Paucar-Cabrera 2005 , Soula 2009 ). GUATEMALA: Alto Verapaz, Izabal, Peten , Quetzaltenango, San Marcos (H. W. Bates 1888, Ohaus 1934b , Blackwelder 1944 , Machatschke 1972 , Hardy 1975 , Moron 1979 , Moron et al. 1985 , Maes 1987 ). HONDURAS ( Ohaus 1934b , Blackwelder 1944 , Machatschke 1972 , Maes 1987 ). MEXICO: Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz ( Blanchard 1851 , H. W. Bates 1888, Ohaus 1908b , 1934b , Blackwelder 1944 , Machatschke 1972 , Hardy 1975 , Moron 1979 , Maes 1987 , Palacios-Rios et al. 1990 , Moron et al. 1985 , 1997 , Thomas 1993 , Lobo and Moron 1993 , Krajcik 2008 , Soula 2009 , Rivera-Gasperin et al. 2013 ). NICARAGUA: Chontales (H. W. Bates 1888, Ohaus 1934b , Blackwelder 1944 , Machatschke 1972 , Hardy 1975 , Moron et al. 1985 , Maes 1987 ). PANAMA: Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui , Colon , Former Canal Zone, Panama, Veraguas (H. W. Bates 1888, Ohaus 1908b , 1934b , Blackwelder 1944 , Machatschke 1972 , Hardy 1975 , Moron et al. 1985 , Maes 1987 , Ratcliffe 2002 , Soula 2009 ). VENEZUELA: Zulia ( Hardy 1975 , Moron 1979 , Moron et al. 1985 , Maes 1987 ). Types. 1 ♀ syntype at MNHN ( Soula 2009 ). Remarks. CCECL contains a P. notata specimen labeled as a male alloreferent with the following data: 1 ♂ alloreferent : "Oaxaca (M) 9/69 //Alloreferent ♂ de Pelidnota notata (Bl.) M. SOULA det. 19 2007". Genitalia card-mounted underneath specimen. Box 4618664 SOULA.