Rhinaspis Perty, 1830

Smith, Andrew B. T., 2016, Corrections to Neotropical Rhinaspis Perty and Plectris LePeletier and Audinet-Serville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) classification and nomenclature, Insecta Mundi 2016 (463), pp. 1-6 : 1-2

Genus Rhinaspis Perty, 1830

Rhinaspis Perty, 1830: 46 . Type species Rhinaspis schrankii Perty, 1830 by monotypy.

Synonym. Hyporhiza Dejean, 1833: 162. Type species Melolontha hypocrita Mannerheim, 1829 by monotypy. Confirmed synonym.

Synonym. Ulomenes Blanchard, 1850: 125 . Type species Ulomenes hypocrita Blanchard, 1850 by monotypy.

Synonym. Barybas Burmeister, 1855: 20 (junior homonym of Barybas Blanchard, 1850: 94 ). Type species Barybas volvulus Burmeister, 1855 by monotypy.

Synonym. Byrasba Harold, 1869: 122 . Type species Barybas volvulus Burmeister, 1855 by monotypy.

Synonym. Rhinaspoides Moser, 1919: 348 . Type species Rhinaspoides aeneofusca Moser, 1919 by monotypy.

Remarks. The generic name Hyporhiza Dejean, 1833 was recently discussed by Bousquet and Bouchard (2013), but they erroneously stated that the name was an objective synonym of Ulomenes Blanchard, 1850 (which is also a synonym of Rhinaspis Perty, 1830 ). This seems to stem from a lengthy confusion in the literature between Melolontha hypocrita Mannerheim, 1829 (the type species of Hyporhiza) and Ulomenes hypocrita Blanchard, 1850 (the type species of Ulomenes ). Although the two specific names have the same spelling they are different species and were validated independently by Mannerheim (1829) and Blanchard (1850).