Antitrogus politus ( Lea, 1920 )
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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
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.
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Antitrogus politus ( Lea, 1920 )
Allsopp, Peter G. 2020 |
Antitrogus politus: Britton 1978: 26
Britton, E. B. 1978: 26 |
Rhopaea polita
Lea, A. M. 1920: 735 |
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