Clarification of the status of the types of Australian Melolonthini (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) described before 1950 Author Allsopp, Peter G. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-11-27 4885 4 451 486 journal article 9372 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.4.1 00507d5f-328a-4506-8b7f-132a7df3786d 1175-5326 4296848 2E69687C-74B4-4087-9BF6-039F5FE14A9E Lepidiota rufa Blackburn, 1888 Lepidiota rufa Blackburn, 1888b: 854 . Lectotype (here designated) male ( Figs. 41–43 ): N.T. [ Northern Territory ] (handwritten) | Lepidiota rufa, Blackb. (handwritten) | Type (handwritten on orange label) | I.511 Lepidiota rufa Blackb N. Territory (handwritten) TYPE (handwritten in red, at right angle) | SAMA Database No. 25-035272 | my lectotype label | metatarsi in gel capsule on another pin and in same tray; in SAM. Paralectotypes : 1 male : Port Darwin N. Territory (typeset) | 18210 Lepidiota rufa Blackb. N. Territory (handwritten) Cotype (handwritten in red, at right angle) | my paralectotype label | aedeagus on card ; 1 male , mounted on card: 1579 N. T . (handwritten in red with red and black transverse lines | Lepidiota rufa cotype (handwritten) | my paralectotype label; all in SAM . Blackburn (1888b) saw three specimens that “appear[ed] to be of the same sex” but did not designate a ‘type’. Lea (1912) catalogued the ‘type’ as in SAM, and Britton (1978) referred to a “ holotype ” male and two “ paratype ” males in SAM all from the Northern Territory . Houston & Weir (1992) considered Britton’s (1978) incorrect reference to a holotype as being a lectotype designation. As Britton (1978) and Houston & Weir (1992) provided no discussion and did not label any specimen in SAM, neither mention of a holotype constitutes a valid lectotype designation (vide Article 74.5). To stabilise nomenclature, I designate the specimen in SAM with the ‘TYPE’ label the lectotype . The other two specimens in SAM are paralectotypes .