Type species designations and other nomenclatural notes on Palaearctic Melolonthinae and Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae)
Author
Smetana, Aleš
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Biodiversity, Central Experimental Farm, K. W. Neatby Building, Ottawa, ON, K 1 A 0 C 6, CANADA, smetanaa @ agr. gc. ca
Author
Smith, Andrew B. T.
Research Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, P. O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, ON, K 1 P 6 P 4, CANADA, asmith @ mus-nature. ca
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Zootaxa
2006
2006-05-30
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1220.1.4
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1220.1.4
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Melolonthinae
: Hopliini
Euchromoplia
Medvedev, 1952
.
Medvedev (1952: 235)
erected the subgenus
Euchromoplia
within the genus
Hoplia
and designated
Scarabaeus aureolus
Pallas, 1781
(now
Hoplia aureola
) as the
type
species. Previously,
Miyhara (1941: 2)
erected the genus
Victoria
with the
type
species
Victoria maritomnium
Miyhara, 1941
, by monotypy.
Victoria
Miyhara, 1941
is a junior homonym of
Victoria
Warren, 1897 (Lepidoptera)
and is therefore permanently invalid.
Victoria maritomnium
is now considered to be a junior synonym of
Hoplia communis
Waterhouse, 1875
. Since
Hoplia aureola
and
H
.
communis
are considered to be in the same subgenus, the valid name for this subgenus is
Euchromoplia
with
Victoria
placed as an invalid synonym.
Hyperis
Dejean, 1833
.
Dejean (1833: 167)
erected this genus for a single species:
Hoplia eversmanni
Faldermann, 1832
(the
type
species by monotypy).
Hoplia eversmanni
is now a junior synonym of
Hoplia paupera
Krynicki, 1832
. The name
Hyperis
has not been used as valid in over a century.
Medvedev (1952: 229)
established the subgenus
Xenoplia
and designated
Hoplia paupera
Krynicki, 1832
as the
type
species. Since the
type
species of
Hyperis
and
Xenoplia
are synonyms, these generic names are also synonyms. Therefore
Hyperis
is a valid subgenus of
Hoplia
Illiger
with
Xenoplia
placed as a junior synonym.
Xenoplia
Medvedev, 1952
is also a junior homonym of
Xenoplia
Warren, 1894 (Lepidoptera)
.