Antitrogus politus ( Lea, 1920 )

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 : 458

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4885.4.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4340861

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scientific name

Antitrogus politus ( Lea, 1920 )
status

 

Antitrogus politus ( Lea, 1920)

Rhopaea polita Lea, 1920: 735 .

Antitrogus politus: Britton 1978: 26 .

Holotype (by monotypy) male ( Figs. 4–7 View FIGURES 1–7. 1–3 ): polita (handwritten) Lea, TYPE (typeset) Banana [Queensland 24.47°S, 150.13°E] (handwritten) | 18220 Rhopaea polita Lea Queensland (handwritten) TYPE (handwritten in red, at right angle) | SAMA Database 25-034459 (typeset) | my holotype label | one set of mesotarsi on card; in SAM. GoogleMaps

Lea (1920) saw only a single male (“unique”) (vide Article 73.1.2) but did not designate a register number or say where the specimen was housed. Britton (1978) noted the male holotype from “Banana near Biloela” in SAM; this was followed by Houston & Weir (1992).

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. (1920) Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part XV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 44, 735 - 760. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 19552

Gallery Image

FIGURES 1–7. 1–3, Lectotype male of Rhopaea planiceps Blackburn, 1911 (now Antitrogus planiceps). 1, dorsal; 2, lateral; 3, labels. 4–7, Holotype male of Rhopaea polita Lea, 1920 (now Antitrogus politus). 4, dorsal; 5, lateral; 6, labels; 7, mesotarsi. Photographs courtesy of the South Australian Museum Board.

SAMA

South Australia Museum

SAM

South African Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Melolonthidae

SubFamily

Melolonthinae

Tribe

Melolonthini

Genus

Antitrogus