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 Chrysina gaellae Ebrard & Soula, 2010 Chrysina gaellae Ebrard & Soula, 2010: 7-9 [original combination]. Chrysina hawksi Monzon , 2010 synonym. Chrysina hawksi Monzon , 2010: 4-7 [original combination]. Chrysina gaellae Ebrard and Soula [syn. by Soula 2011 : 83]. Distribution. GUATEMALA: Baja Verapaz , Huehuetenango, Zacapa ( Ebrard and Soula 2010 , Monzon 2010 , Thomas et al. 2016, Moron and Nogueira 2016 ). MEXICO: Chiapas ( Monzon 2010 , Thomas et al. 2016, Moron and Nogueira 2016 ). Types. 1 ♂ holotype of Chrysina gaellae at DEPC (Soula and Ebrard 2010). Remarks. Possibly with ill intentions, the names Plusiotis hawksi ( Monzon 2010 [Oct. 15]) and C. gaellae ( Ebrard and Soula 2010 [Oct. 1]) were published the same month (see discussion in Soula 2011 : 83). Based on the date of publication provided in Soula (2011) , C. gaellae is the valid name. Moron and Nogueira (2016) considered the valid name for this species to be Plusiotis hawksi . It is possible that they overlooked the description of C. gaellae ( Ebrard and Soula 2010 ) and/or the synonymy by Soula (2011) . Because Moron and Nogueira (2016) do not revalidate the genus Plusiotis , we use the currently valid genus Chrysina .