Alepida stradbrokensis ( Lea, 1919 )

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 : 455

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scientific name	Alepida stradbrokensis ( Lea, 1919 )
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Alepida stradbrokensis ( Lea, 1919)

Lepidiota froggatti stradbrokensis Lea, 1919: 187 .

Lepidiota stradbrokensis: Britton 1978: 84 .

Alepida stradbrokensis: Allsopp 2018: 457 .

Holotype (by monotypy) male: Lepidiota froggatti var. stradbrokensis Lea Stradbroke I. [27.85°S, 153.42°E] (handwritten) Type of Var. (handwritten in red) | HOLOTYPE Lepidiota froggatti stradbrokensis Lea 1919 (black bordered, red label, handwritten and typeset) | Stradbroke Island H. Hacker (typeset) 2/10/11 (handwritten) | C/2180 (handwritten); in QM.

Lea (1919) saw only one specimen (“A specimen from Stradbroke Island ...”). Allsopp (2018) illustrated and provided a discussion of the status of the holotype.

References

Allsopp, P. G. (2018) Alepida, a new genus for seven Australian species attributed to Lepidiota Kirby, 1828 and one new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Melolonthini). Australian Entomologist, 45, 441 - 464.

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

Lea, A. M. (1919) Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. - Part V. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 43, 166 - 261.