Melolonthinae

Smetana, Aleš & Smith, Andrew B. T., 2006, Type species designations and other nomenclatural notes on Palaearctic Melolonthinae and Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae), Zootaxa 1220 (1), pp. 47-53 : 50

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) .