Rhopaea hirtuosa Blackburn, 1898

Allsopp, Peter G., 2020, Clarification of the status of the types of Australian Melolonthini (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) described before 1950, Zootaxa 4885 (4), pp. 451-486 : 480

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.4.1
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scientific name	Rhopaea hirtuosa Blackburn, 1898
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Rhopaea hirtuosa Blackburn, 1898: 63 .

Rhodaea hirtuosa: Lea 1912 : xxxvi (in error).

Lectotype (here designated) male: Type H. T. (circular red ringed, typeset) | aedeagus dissected and mounted on card | 6336 Bungandore (handwritten in red) T (handwritten) | Blackburn coll. 1910-236 (typeset) | Rhopaea hirtuosa Blackb. (handwritten) | my lectotype label; in NHML.

Paralectotype: Type H. T. (circular red ringed, typeset) | 6336 Bungandore (handwritten in red) | Blackburn coll. 1910-236 (typeset) | Rhopaea hirtuosa Blackb. (handwritten) | my paralectotype; in NHML .

Blackburn (1892) did not define the type series, seeing an unknown number of males and females (vide Articles 73.1.2, 72.1.1) from an unstated locality in New South Wales. Lea (1912) noted that the ‘type’ had been sent to NHML, and Britton (1978) referred to a “ holotype ” male from New South Wales in NHML. Houston & Weir (1992) interpreted Britton’s (1978) incorrect reference to a holotype as a lectotype designation. As Britton (1978) and Houston & Weir (1992) provided no discussion and did not label any specimen in NHML, neither mention of a holotype constitutes a valid lectotype designation (vide Article 74.5). To stabilise nomenclature, I designate the male in NHML with the aedeagus dissected out the lectotype. The other specimen in NHML becomes a paralectotype.