Pedaridium brasiliense Ferreira & Galileo, 1993

Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z. & Génier, François, 2005, Lectotype designations, new synonymies, and new species in the genera Trichillum Harold and Pedaridium Harold (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), Zootaxa 1038, pp. 41-52 : 46

Pedaridium brasiliense Ferreira & Galileo :

HOLOTYPE: Ψ, pinned, in MZSP. Labels: [1. white label] Coleção M. Alvarenga / [2. white label] Encruzilhada 980 m Bahia, Brasil, XI. 1972 M. Alvarenga / [3. red label] HOLOTYPUS / [4. white label] Pedaridium brasiliensis F. & G., M.M.Ferreira det. 1991.

Diagnosis: 3.9– 5.3 mm. Distinguished by the small eyes ( Fig. 5 ) combined with equilateral clypeal teeth and impunctate elytral striae. This species is adequately described by Ferreira & Galileo (1993).

Remarks: The species described by Ferreira & Galileo (1993) as P. bidens was misidentified and is actually P. cryptops Arrow, 1913 ( Génier & Vaz-de-Mello 2002).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Head (1, 3, and 5) and parameres (2, 4, and 6) in dorsal view. 1 – 2. Trichillum heydeni. 3 – 4. T. hirsutum. 5 – 6. Pedaridium bidens.