Lepidiota oblonga Brenske, 1900

Allsopp, Peter G., 2022, Australian Melolonthini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae): reclassification of eight species to Antitrogus Burmeister, 1855 and Barryfilius new genus, Zootaxa 5213 (5), pp. 513-545 : 532

Identity of Lepidiota oblonga Brenske, 1900

Lepidiota oblonga was described from at least one female collected on Thursday Island (10.59°S, 142.22°E) ( Brenske 1900) ( Figs. 26–28 ). It was not included in Britton’s (1978) revision but was listed as an Australian species by Houston & Weir (1992) and a lectotype was designated by Allsopp (2020b). Examination of images of the lectotype ( Figs. 26–27 ) show that this taxon is a synonym of Lepidiota rothei Blackburn, 1888 , a species known from the tip of Cape York Peninsula south to Giru (19.51°S 147.11°E) and Woodstock (19.60°S, 146.84°E) and from the northern part of the Northern Territory ( Britton 1978; Miller & Allsopp 2000). The full synonymy becomes:

Figures

FIGURES 26–28. Lectotype of Lepidiota oblonga Brenske, 1900. 26, Dorsal view; 27, ventral view; 28, labels. Photographs by Museum für Naturkunde.