Lepidiota townsvillensis Blackburn, 1912

Lepidiota townsvillensis Blackburn, 1912:

Lectotype (designated by Britton 1978: 62) male: Type H. T. (circular red ringed, typeset) | 7896 Townsv. [Townsville, 19.26°S, 146.82°E] (handwritten in red) T. (handwritten) | Blackburn coll. 1910-236 (typeset) | Lepidiota townsvillensis, Blackb. (handwritten) | my lectotype label; in NHML.

Blackburn (1912) described this species from two males; the ‘type’ was sent to NHML (Lea 1912). Britton (1978) referred to a “ holotype ” male in NHML and a “ paratype ” male in SAM. Houston & Weir (1992) interpreted Britton’s (1978) incorrect reference to a holotype as a lectotype designation and the reference to a paratype as a paralectotype designation. Given that Britton (1978) clearly nominated the specimen in NHML as the holotype, I follow Houston & Weir (1992) in accepting a lectotype designation by Britton (1978) (Article 74.5). I could not find the second specimen in SAM.