Lepidiota degener Blackburn, 1888
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Lepidiota degener Blackburn, 1888 |
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Lepidiota degener Blackburn, 1888
Lepidiota degener Blackburn, 1888b: 853 .
Lectotype (here designated) male ( Figs. 17–19 View FIGURES 17–28. 17–19 ): N. Territory [Northern Territory] (typeset) | LEPIDIOTA de-gener, Blackb. (handwritten by Blackburn) | Type (handwritten in pencil) | I.509 Lepidiota degener Blkb N. Territory (handwritten) TYPE (handwritten in red, at right angle) | SAMA Database No. 25-035293 | my lectotype label; in SAM .
Blackburn (1888b) saw two specimens of unknown genders but did not designate a type (vide Article 72.1.1). Britton (1978) referred to a female “ holotype ” and a female “ paratype ”, both from “ Northern Territory ” and in SAM. This was followed by Houston & Weir (1992). As Britton (1978) and Houston & Weir (1992) provided no discussion and did not label any specimen in SAM as the holotype, neither mention of a holotype constitutes a valid lectotype designation (vide Article 74.5). To stabilise nomenclature, I designate the specimen in SAM labelled as “TYPE” the lectotype. I have not located the second specimen; it must be considered a paralectotype.
Blackburn, T. (1888 b) Notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Series 2, 3, 805 - 875.
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.
FIGURES 17–28. 17–19, Lectotype male of Lepidiota degener Blackburn, 1888. 17, dorsal; 18, lateral; 19, labels. 20–22, Lectotype female of Lepidiota delicatula Blackburn, 1888. 20, dorsal; 21, lateral; 22, labels. 23–25, Holotype female of Lepidiota flavipennis Lea, 1926. 23, dorsal; 24, lateral; 25, labels. 26–28, Holotype female of Lepidiota lepidosterna Lea, 1926. 26, dorsal; 27, lateral; 28, labels. Photographs courtesy of the South Australian Museum Board.
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Lepidiota degener Blackburn, 1888
Allsopp, Peter G. 2020 |
Lepidiota degener
Blackburn, T. 1888: 853 |
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