Rhopaea laticollis Blackburn, 1911

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 : 480

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.4.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4340952
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scientific name	Rhopaea laticollis Blackburn, 1911
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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. GoogleMaps

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.