Lepidiota townsvillensis Blackburn, 1912
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.4.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2E69687C-74B4-4087-9BF6-039F5FE14A9E |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4340887 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C264702F-452C-3508-2BE7-99FEFE78FDF7 |
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Lepidiota townsvillensis Blackburn, 1912 |
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Lepidiota townsvillensis Blackburn, 1912
Lepidiota townsvillensis Blackburn, 1912 :
Lectotype (designated by Britton 1978: 62) male: Type H. T. (circular red ringed, typeset) | 7896 Townsv. [Townsville, 19.26°S, 146.82°E] (handwritten in red) T. (handwritten) | Blackburn coll. 1910-236 (typeset) | Lepidiota townsvillensis, Blackb. (handwritten) | my lectotype label; in NHML. GoogleMaps
Blackburn (1912) described this species from two males; the ‘type’ was sent to NHML ( Lea 1912). Britton (1978) referred to a “ holotype ” male in NHML and a “ paratype ” male in SAM. Houston & Weir (1992) interpreted Britton’s (1978) incorrect reference to a holotype as a lectotype designation and the reference to a paratype as a paralectotype designation. Given that Britton (1978) clearly nominated the specimen in NHML as the holotype, I follow Houston & Weir (1992) in accepting a lectotype designation by Britton (1978) (Article 74.5). I could not find the second specimen in SAM.
Blackburn, T. (1912) Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. XLII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 36, 40 - 75.
Britton, E. B. (1978) A revision of the Australian chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Vol. 2. Tribe Melolonthini. Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series, 60, 1 - 150. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / AJZS 060
Houston, W. W. K. & Weir, T. A. (1992) Melolonthinae. In: Houston, W. W. K. (Ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Vol. 9. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, pp. 174 - 358.
Lea, A. M. (1912) The late Rev. Canon Thomas Blackburn, B. A., and his entomological work. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 36, v-xl.
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Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics |
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Natural History Museum, Tripoli |
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Melolonthinae |
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Melolonthini |
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Lepidiota townsvillensis Blackburn, 1912
Allsopp, Peter G. 2020 |
Lepidiota townsvillensis
Blackburn 1912 |
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