Clarification of the status of the types of Australian Melolonthini (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) described before 1950
Author
Allsopp, Peter G.
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-11-27
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Rhopaea laticollis
Blackburn, 1911
Rhopaea laticollis
Blackburn, 1911: 192
.
Rhodaea
laticollis
:
Lea 1912
: xxxvi (in error).
Lectotype
(here designated) male:
Type H.
T
. (circular red ringed, typeset) | 2095 Inverell [
29.78°S
,
151.12°E
] (handwritten in red)
T
(handwritten) |
Blackburn
coll. 1910-236 (typeset) |
RHOPAEA laticollis, Blackb.
(handwritten) | aedeagus dissected out and mounted on card | my
lectotype
label; in
NHML
.
Blackburn (1911)
did not define the type series, seeing an unknown number of males (vide Articles 73.1.2, 72.1.1) from Inverell.
Lea (1912)
noted that the ‘type’ had been sent to NHML, and
Britton (1978)
referred to a “
holotype
” male from Inverell in NHML.
Houston & Weir (1992)
listed a “
holotype
(probable)” from the same locality. As
Britton (1978)
provided no discussion and did not label any specimen in NHML, and that
Houston & Weir (1992)
were unsure of the status of the type, neither mention of a
holotype
constitutes a valid
lectotype
designation (Article 74.5). To stabilise nomenclature, I designate the male in NHML the
lectotype
.