Lepidiota sororia Moser, 1913

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Lepidiota sororia Moser, 1913

Lepidiota sororia Moser, 1913: 48 .

Lepidiota wilsoni Britton, 1959: 804 ; Britton 1978: 69.

Lectotype of Lepidiota sororia (here designated) male ( Fig. 33 ): Queensland Cooktown [15.47°S, 145.25°E] (black bordered, typeset and handwritten) | Lepidiota sororia Mos Type (handwritten) | Type (circular red ringed, typeset) | my lectotype label; in ZMB.

Moser (1913) did not define the type series, seeing an unknown number of males (vide Articles 73.1.2, 72.1.1). Britton (1978) referred to a male “ holotype ” from “Cooktown, Queensland ” in ZMB, and this was followed by Houston & Weir (1992) and Miller & Allsopp (2000). As Britton (1978), Houston & Weir (1992), and Miller & Allsopp (2000) provided no discussion and did not conclusively label any specimen in ZMB (Britton may have added the “Type” label as it is in the NHML format), none of these indications of a holotype constitutes a valid lectotype designation (vide Article 74.5). To stabilise nomenclature, I designate the specimen in ZMB with the “Type” label 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.