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 : 48

Melolonthinae : Pachydemini

Brachydema Fairmaire, 1881 . Fairmaire (1881: 86) established the new genus Brachydema (currently a junior synonym of Tanyproctus Ménétriés, 1832 ) for “la plupart des espèces syriennes”, without designating the type species. Subsequently, Fairmaire (1884: 177) associated for the first time three species with Brachydema : Brachydema carcelii Fairmaire, 1884 ; Brachydema lamberti Fairmaire, 1884 ; and Brachydema verryi Fairmaire, 1884 . Following Recommendation 69A.10 of the ICZN (1999), Brachydema lamberti Fairmaire, 1884 is hereby designated as the type species of Brachydema .

Sparophysa Burmeister, 1855 . Burmeister (1855: 442) established the new subgenus Sparophysa (currently a junior synonym of Pachydema Laporte, 1832 ) for two species: Pachydema bullata Burmeister, 1855 and Pachydema immatura Burmeister, 1855 , without designating the type species. Following Recommendation 69A.10 of the ICZN (1999), Pachydema bullata Burmeister, 1855 is hereby designated as the type species of Sparophysa