Pelidnota nitescens (Vigors, 1825)

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

Pelidnota nitescens (Vigors, 1825)

Rutela nitescens Vigors, 1825: 417 [original combination].

Pelidnota nitescens (Vigors) [new combination by Burmeister 1844: 398].

Pelidnota (Ganonota) nitescens (Vigors) [new subgeneric combination by Ohaus 1918: 27].

Pelidnota (Strigidia) nitescens (Vigors) [new subgeneric combination by Machatschke 1970: 157].

Pelidnota (Odontognathus) nitescens (Vigors) [new subgeneric combination by Hardy 1975: 4].

Strigidia nitescens (Vigors) [new combination by Soula 2006: 35-36].

Pelidnota (Strigidia) nitescens (Vigors) [revised combination and revised subgeneric combination by Özdikmen 2009: 145].

Pelidnota nitescens (Vigors) [removal of subgeneric classification by Soula 2009: 115].

Rutela strigata (Mannerheim, 1829) synonym.

Rutela strigata Mannerheim, 1829: 50 [original combination].

Pelidnota nitescens (Vigors) [syn. by Burmeister 1844: 398].

Distribution.

BRAZIL: Minas Gerais, Paraná, São Paulo ( Mannerheim 1829, Burmeister 1844, 1855, Blanchard 1851, Ohaus 1918, 1934b, Guimarães 1944, Blackwelder 1944, Machatschke 1972, Soula 2006, Krajcik 2008).

Types.

Holotype ♀ at BMNH with following labels: a) “Type” (round, white label with red circle, typeset), b) "5957 Vigors’ Coll." (typeset), c) “Brazil” (typeset), d) " Rutela nitescens , Vigors type" (handwritten) and reverse side "identified from descriptions as Vigors’ type. GRA" (handwritten by Gilbert Arrow), e) " Rutela nitescens Vigors [female symbol] Det. Jameson 2000 Holotype (red label, printed and handwritten), f) "Holotype Rutela nitescens Vig. 2006 Soula" (red label, printed and handwritten), g) " Strigidia nitescens (Vig.) M. SOULA det. 19 2006" (white label, printed and handwritten). Soula (2006: 35) provided a photograph of the female syntype from the BMNH.

Remarks.

This distinctive species possesses striate, reddish-brown and black-striped elytra. Adults have been recorded feeding on leaves of Psidium granifolium Mart. ex DC. ( Myrtaceae ).