Mecopelidnota mezai Soula, 2008

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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.666.9191

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B3C377E8-BBB1-4F32-8AEC-A2C22D1E625A

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D0EF609C-069B-B133-181D-C6FB133C48B8

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scientific name

Mecopelidnota mezai Soula, 2008
status

 

Mecopelidnota mezai Soula, 2008 View in CoL

Mecopelidnota mezai Soula, 2008: 28 [original combination].

Distribution.

PERU: Lambayeque, Piura ( Soula 2008, Ratcliffe et al. 2015).

Types.

The following specimens are deposited at CCECL. 1 ♂ holotype, 1 ♀ allotype, 9 ♂ paratypes, 12 ♀ paratypes: "Abra Porculla, Dt. Piura N-W Pérou; 1800m II/2007//Holotype 2007 Mecopelidnota mezai S. Soula" (47031076); "Abra Porculla, Dt. Piura N-W Pérou; 1800m II/2007//Allotype 2007 Mecopelidnota mezai S. Soula" (47031077); Six paratypes with identical label data: "Abra Porculla, Dt. Piura N-W Pérou; 1800m II/2007//Paratype 2007 Mecopelidnota mezai S. Soula" (47031078 to 47031083); "Abra Porculla Piura - Pérou coll. - SOULA [obverse] XI/2000 ~1000m//Paratype 2007 Mecopelidnota mezai S. Soula" (47031084); Eight paratypes with identical label data: "Penachi, 1800m Dto. Lambayeque N.W. Pérou, III/2007//Paratype 2007 Mecopelidnota mezai S. Soula" (47031085 to 47031091, exch60); "Penachi Dt Lambayeque Pérou M. SOULA det 19 [obverse] 2000 III/2007//Paratype 2007 Mecopelidnota mezai S. Soula" (47031093); "Huasmaca Piura 1700 m M. SOULA det 19 [obverse] N-W-Pérou 5-6/2006//Paratype Mecopelidnota mezai S. 2007 Soula" (47031094). Two paratypes with identical label data "Penachi, 1800m Dto. Lambayeque N. W. Pérou, III/2007//Paratype 2007 Mecopelidnota mezai S. Soula" (47031095 and 47031096). Genitalia card-mounted underneath the male holotype, the female allotype, one female paratype and four male paratypes. Box 4618691 SOULA.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Mecopelidnota

Loc

Mecopelidnota mezai Soula, 2008

Moore, Matthew R., Jameson, Mary L., Garner, Beulah H., Audibert, Cedric, Smith, Andrew B. T. & Seidel, Matthias 2017
2017
Loc

Mecopelidnota mezai

Soula 2008
2008