Microrhopaea flavipennis Lea, 1920

Microrhopaea flavipennis Lea, 1920: 737 .

Lectotype (here designated) male (Figs. 51–53): mounted on card | flavipennis (handwritten) Lea, TYPE (typeset) Darwin [12.46°S, 130.84°E] (handwritten) | 19663 Microrhopaea flavipennis Lea N. Territory (handwritten) TYPE (handwritten in red, at right angle) | SAMA Database No. 25-035326 | my lectotype label; in SAM.

Paralectotypes: 5 males mounted on two cards on the same pin | 7/10 | Port Darwin N. Territory typeset) (two identical labels) | Microrhopaea flavipennis Lea E.B. Britton det 1955 (handwritten and author name typeset) | my paralectotype label; in SAM .

Lea (1920) did not define the type series, seeing an unknown number of males (vide Articles 73.1.2, 72.1.1) and did not designate a register number for the type or indicate where the specimen(s) were housed. Britton (1978) referred to a “ holotype ” male and a “ paratype ” male from Darwin in SAM, and Houston & Weir (1992) considered this 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 five specimens in SAM are paralectotypes.