Pararhopaea rhipidocera Lea, 1916

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Pararhopaea rhipidocera Lea, 1916

Pararhopaea rhipidocera Lea, 1916: 31 .

Holotype (by original designation) male ( Figs. 57–59 ): rhipidocera (handwritten) Lea, TYPE (typeset) Mullewa [28.54°S, 115.51°E] (handwritten) | I.4523 Pararhopaea rhipidocera Lea W. Australia (handwritten) TYPE (handwritten in red, at right angle) | SAMA Database No. 25-034462 (typeset) | my holotype label; in SAM.

Paratypes: 1 male: Mullewa, W.A. , Miss F. May (typeset) | Co-type (typeset) | Pararhopaea rhipidocera Lea W. Australia (handwritten) Cotype (handwritten in red, at right angle) | my paratype label ; 1 male: Mullewa, W.A. , Miss F. May (typeset) | Co-type (typeset) | Pararhopaea rhipidocera Lea (handwritten in blue by Britton) | my paratype label | aedeagus on card ; 1 male: Mullewa, W.A. , Miss F. May (typeset) | Co-type (typeset) | 18217 Pararhopaea rhipidocera Lea W. Australia (handwritten) Cotype (handwritten in red, at right angle) | my paratype label ; 1 male: Mullewa, W.A. , Miss F. May (typeset) | my paratype label; all in SAM .

Lea (1916) did not define the type series, seeing an unknown number of males (vide Articles 73.1.2, 72.1.1). However, in that paper he unequivocally designated a “Type” with the SAM registration number I.4523 (vide Article 73.1.1). It is presumably the specimen considered as the holotype by Britton (1978) (type locality given as “Mullewa, 96 km E of Geraldton”), and is the one noted as the holotype by Houston & Weir (1992). Britton (1978) also noted a male paratype with the same data in SAM; this was followed by Houston & Weir (1992).

Figures

FIGURES 51–62. 51–53, Lectotype male of Microrhopaea flavipennis Lea, 1920. 51, dorsal; 52, lateral; 53, labels. 54–56, Lectotype male of Rhopaea callabonnensis Blackburn, 1894 (now Pararhopaea callabonnensis). 54, dorsal; 55, lateral; 56, labels. 57–59, Holotype male of Pararhopaea rhipidocera Lea, 1916. 57, dorsal; 58, lateral; 59, labels. 60–62, Holotype male of Paralepidiota cavifrons Lea, 1919 (now Pseudholophylla cavifrons). 60, dorsal; 61, lateral; 62, labels. Photographs courtesy of the South Australian Museum Board.