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Rhopaea laticollis Blackburn 1911

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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.

Notes

Published as part of Allsopp, Peter G., 2020, Clarification of the status of the types of Australian Melolonthini (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) described before 1950, pp. 451-486 in Zootaxa 4885 (4) on page 480, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4296848

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/C264702F452735032BE79D12FBC0F9F6

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.4.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/4296848 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/3E5D0857453A351E2B709969FF9FFFAB (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/2E69687C-74B4-4087-9BF6-039F5FE14A9E (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/C264702F452735032BE79D12FBC0F9F6 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/170719356 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/9372/taxon/C264702F452735032BE79D12FBC0F9F6.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
T, NHML
Family
Melolonthidae
Genus
Rhopaea
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Blackburn
Species
laticollis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Rhopaea laticollis Blackburn, 1911 sec. Allsopp, 2020

References

  • Blackburn, T. (1911) Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. XLI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 35, 173 - 203.
  • Lea, A. M. (1912) The late Rev. Canon Thomas Blackburn, B. A., and his entomological work. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 36, v-xl.
  • 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.