Mecopelidnota arrowi F. Bates, 1904

Moore, Matthew R., Jameson, Mary L., Garner, Beulah H., Audibert, Cedric, Smith, Andrew B. T. & Seidel, Matthias, 2017, Synopsis of the pelidnotine scarabs (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini) and annotated catalog of the species and subspecies, ZooKeys 666, pp. 1-349 : 1

Mecopelidnota arrowi F. Bates, 1904

Mecopelidnota arrowi F. Bates, 1904: 271-272 [original combination].

Pelidnota egregia Frey, 1967 synonym.

Pelidnota egregia Frey, 1967: 374-375 [original combination].

Pelidnota (Pelidnota) egregia Frey [new subgeneric combination by Machatschke 1972: 25].

Mecopelidnota arrowi F. Bates [syn. by Soula 2008: 23].

Distribution.

ECUADOR: Azuay, Guayas (F. Bates 1904, Ohaus 1908b, 1910c, 1918, 1934b, Blackwelder 1944, Frey 1967, Machatschke 1972, Paucar-Cabrera 2005, Krajcik 2008, Soula 2008). PERU ( Ohaus 1934b, Blackwelder 1944, Machatschke 1972, Ratcliffe et al. 2015).

Types.

1 ♂ holotype specimen of Mecopelidnota arrowi at BMNH ( Soula 2008). 2 paratype specimens of Pelidnota egregia Frey at CMNC (Fig. 38 ).

Figures

Figure 38. Pelidnota (Pelidnota) egregia Frey (valid name Mecopelidnota arrowi F. Bates) paratype male from CMNC. A Dorsal habitus B Ventral habitus C Lateral habitus D Male parameres, right lateral view E Male parameres, left lateral view F Male parameres, caudal view. Images by Francois Genier.