Chrysina laniventris

Chrysina laniventris (Sturm, 1843) Original combination. Pelidnota laniventris Sturm, 1843 (Fig. 7). Junior synonym. Pelidnota latipennis Sturm, 1843. Junior synonym. Plusiotis mnizechii Boucard, 1875. Type material. Lectotype [Pelidnota laniventris Sturm, 1843]: “ ♂ [h] // Lecto- / type [p, circular, purple ring] // Type [p, circular, red ring] // Mexico. / Sallé Coll. [p] // 1186 [green label] // Ex Coll. / J. STURM. [p] // Mexico. / B. / Pelidno- / ta / lani- / ventris. / Mihi. [h] // Plusiotis / laniventris, St. ♂ / =latipennis St. ♀ / apud Sallé [h] // B.C.A. Col. II. (2) [p] // LECTOTYPE Plusiotis / laniventris Sturm, 1843 / by M.A. Morón [h, orange label] // NHMUK 014589626 [p] // LECTOTYPE / Pelidnota laniventris / Sturm, 1843 / des. Bayfield-Farrell et al., 2024”. Syntype [Pelidnota latipennis Sturm, 1843]: “Type [p, circular, red ring] // Mexico. / Sallé Coll. [p] // Ex Coll. / J. STURM. [p] // Mexico. / B. / Pelid- / nota / lani- / pennis. / Mihi. [h] // B.C.A. Col. II. (2) / Plusiotis / laniventris, Sturm. [h & p] // NHMUK 014589627 [p] // SYN- / TYPE [p, circular, blue ring] // Chrysina latipennis / (Sturm, 1843) / SYNTYPE / det. W. Bayfield-F, 2021 [h, red label]”. Additional material. 16 specimens. “Jalapa, / Mexico. / Hoege. [p] // laniventris / Sturm [h] // B.C.A. Coll. II. (2) [p] // NHMUK 014589628 [p]”; “Nevinson Coll. / 1918-14. [p] // auripes gray / psittacina. Sturm / Mexico [h] // NHMUK 014589629 [p]”; “Mex. [topside] / 74. / 8. [underside] [h] // [green triangle] // NHMUK 014589630 [p]”; “Temascaltepec / 1931 Mex D.F. [p] // G.B. Hinton / Collector. [p] // Brit. Mus. / 1946-217 [h & p] // NHMUK 014589631 [p]”; “ Mexico / city [h] // Nevinson Coll. / 1918-14. [p] // Plusiotis / laniventris / Sturm [h] // NHMUK 014589632 [p]”; “Temascaltepec / 1931 Mex. D.F. [h & p] // Temascaltepec / 1931 Mex. D.F. [h & p] // Hinton Coll. / B.M. 1939-583. [p] // NHMUK 014589633 [p]”; “Jalapa, / Mexico. / Hoege. [p] // laniventris / Sturm ♀ [h] // B.C.A. Coll. II. (2) [p] // NHMUK 014589634 [p]”; “Jalapa, / Mexico. / Hoege. [p] // laniventris / Sturm ♂ [h] // B.C.A. Coll. II. (2) [p] // NHMUK 014589635 [p]”; “Temascaltepec / 1931 Mex. D.F. [p] // G.B. Hinton / Collector. [p] // Hinton Coll. / B.M. 1939-583. [p] // NHMUK 014589636 [p]”; “Sierra de / Durango. [p] // Nevinson Coll. / 1918-14. [p] // laniventtris ♀ / B.M. Sturm. [h] // NHMUK 014589637 [p]”; “ Plusiotis / Mexique [h] // laniventris? [h] // Costata? [h] // Nevinson Coll. / 1918- 14. [p] // NHMUK 014589638 [p]”; “ Mexico. / Sallé Coll. [p] // Ex Coll. / J. STURM. [p] // Pelidnota / latipeñis / ST. [h] // [28 eggs] // B.C.A. Coll. II. (2) [p] // Plusiotis / laniventris, St. ♂ / =latipennis St. ♀ / apud Sallé [h] // NHMUK 014589639 [p]”; “Nevinson Coll. / 1918-14. [p] // Plusiotis / laniventris / Mexique [h] // N H M U K 0145896340 [p]”; “Jalapa, / Mexico. / Hoege. [p] // laniventris / Sturm ♀ [h] // B.C.A. Coll. II. (2) [p] // NHMUK 014589641 [p]”; “Temascaltepec / 1931 Mex. D.F. [h & p] // G.B. Hinton / Collector. [p] // Hinton Coll. / B.M. 1939-583. [p] // NHMUK 014589642 [p]”; “Temascaltepec / 1931 Mex. D.F. [h & p] // G.B. Hinton / Collector. [p] // Hinton Coll. / B.M. 1939-583. [p] // NHMUK 014589643 [p]”. Distribution. MEXICO (18): Veracruz, Durango, México, No Data. Remarks. The lectotype male of Pelidnota laniventris Sturm, 1843 is listed as present in BMNH by Moore et al. (2017). The lectotype designation by M.A. Morón was inferred from his specimen label, but we could find no evidence of this designation being published. In the interest of consistency with the published literature Moore et al. (2017), and to clarify the application of the name Pelidnota laniventris Sturm, 1843, the specimen with number NHMUK 014589626 is here designated as lectotype. The specimen with the NHMUK number 014589627 is a syntype of the junior synonym P. latipennis, and it has been labelled accordingly. Its presence in BMNH was not mentioned by Moore et al. (2017). A loose tarsus from this specimen is pinned below the specimen in a gelatine capsule.