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

Antitrogus politus ( Lea, 1920)

Rhopaea polita Lea, 1920: 735 .

Antitrogus politus: Britton 1978: 26 .

Holotype (by monotypy) male ( Figs. 4–7 ): 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.

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).

Figures

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.