Pseudholophylla furfuracea ( Burmeister, 1855 )

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Pseudholophylla furfuracea ( Burmeister, 1855)

Holophylla furfuracea Burmeister, 1855: 426 .

Pseudholophylla furfuracea: Blackburn 1911: 196 .

Lectotype (here designated) male ( Fig. 37 ): furfuracea T. Holl. n. [ New Holland, Australia] Ull. (handwritten by Burmeister (compare Horn & Kahle 1937: Tafel XXI, Fig. 31 ), purple label with black border) | my lectotype label; in ZMH.

Burmeister (1855) did not define the type series, seeing an unknown number of males (vide Articles 73.1.2, 72.1.1). Britton (1978) and Houston & Weir (1992) listed a “ holotype ” male from Neu-Holland in ZMH. As Britton (1978) and Houston & Weir (1992) provided no discussion and did not label any specimen in ZMH, neither mention of a holotype constitutes a valid lectotype designation (vide Article 74.5). To stabilise nomenclature, I designate the specimen in ZMH the lectotype.

Figures

FIGURES 29–37. 29–30. Lepidiota minuta Moser, 1913, labels on types. 29, lectotype male; 30, paralectotype female. 31, Lepidiota oblonga Brenske, 1900, labels on lectotype; 32, Lepidiota podicalis Moser, 1913, labels on lectotype. 33, Lepidiota sororia Moser, 1913, labels on lectotype; 34, Lepidiota parva Moser, 1913 (junior synonym of Lepidiota rothei Blackburn, 1888), labels on lectotype. 35–36. Lepidiota rugicollis Moser, 1913 (junior synonym of Lepidiota rubrior Blackburn, 1890), labels on specimens. 35, lectotype male; 36, non-type specimen in ZMB. 37. Holophylla furfuracea Burmeister, 1855 (now Pseudholophylla furfuracea), label on lectotype. Figs. 29–36 courtesy of Museum für Naturkunde. Fig. 37 courtesy of Karla Schneider.