Rhopaea assimilis Blackburn, 1911

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 : 478

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scientific name	Rhopaea assimilis Blackburn, 1911
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Rhopaea assimilis Blackburn, 1911: 191 .

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

Lectotype (here designated) male: Type H. T. (circular red ringed, typeset) | 3270 Bulli [34.30°S, 150.92°E] (red, handwritten) T (handwritten) | Blackburn coll. 1910-236 (typeset) | RHOPAEA assimilis Blackb. (handwritten) | aedeagus dissected out and mounted on card | my lectotype label; in NHML. GoogleMaps

Blackburn (1911) did not define the type series, seeing an unknown number of males (vide Articles 73.1.2, 72.1.1). Lea (1912) noted that the ‘type’ had been sent to NHML, and Britton (1978) referred to a “ holotype ” male from Bulli in NHML. Houston & Weir (1992) listed a “ holotype (probable)”. 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 the lectotype.

References

Blackburn, T. (1911) Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. XLI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 35, 173 - 203.

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.