Heterargus ruficornis (Broun, 1893)

Lord, Nathan P. & Leschen, Richard A. B., 2014, Illustrated Catalogue and Type Designations of the New Zealand Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), Zootaxa 3809 (1), pp. 1-127 : 33

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scientific name	Heterargus ruficornis (Broun, 1893)
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( Figs. 158–159 View FIGURES 154–162 )

Protarphius ruficornis Broun, 1893a: 184 . Hutton 1904: 170. Broun 1909a: 390. Broun 1914b: 180. Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 52. May 1967: 178. Ivie and Ślipiński 1990: 11.

Heterargus ruficornis: Ślipiński and Lawrence 1997: 387 , based on synonymy of Protarphius with Heterargus (p. 385). Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Mount Pirongia .

Broun number: 2768.

Remarks: Broun mentioned that he based this species on two specimens collected in December, 1892. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and paralectotype are here designated from the material of Protarphius ruficornis .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 2768_ [in Broun’s hand] // Pirongia // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Protarphius ruficornis [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): mounted venter-up, “2768. [in Broun’s hand] // Mount Pirongia. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Protarphius ruficornis [in Broun’s hand]” .

References

Broun, T. (1893 a) Descriptions of new Coleoptera from New Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (6), 12, 161 - 195, 288 - 302, 374 - 392.

Broun, T. (1909 a) Descriptions of new genera and species of New Zealand Coleoptera. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (8), 3, 223 - 233, 285 - 299.

Broun, T. (1914 b) Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Part III. Bulletin of the New Zealand Institute, 1, 143 - 266.

Hetschko, A. (1930) Coleopterorum Catalogueus, pars 107, Colydiidae. Vol 15. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 1 - 124.

Hudson, G. V. (1923) An index of New Zealand beetles. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 54 [1922], 353 - 399.

Hutton, F. W. (1904) Index Faunae Novae Zealandiae. Dulau & Co., London, 372 pp.

Ivie, M. A. & Slipinski, S. A. (1990) Catalogue of the genera of world Colydiidae (Coleoptera). Annales Zoologici, 43 (Supplement 1), 1 - 32.

Maddison, P. M. (2010) Checklist of New Zealand Hexapoda. Order Coleoptera. [Chapter] NINE: Phylum Arthropoda: Subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. In: Gordon, D. P. (Ed.), New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Vol. 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand, pp. 233 - 467

May, B. M. (1967) The Broun species numbers (Coleoptera). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, (13), 9, 175 - 180.

Slipinski, S. A. & Lawrence, J. F. (1997) Genera of Colydiinae (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) of the Australo-Pacific region. Annales Zoologici, 47 (3 / 4), 341 - 440.

Figures

FIGURES 154–162. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 154) Lectotype labels, Heterargus posticalis (Broun, 1909; as Protarphius); 155–157) Lectotype, Heterargus rudis Sharp, 1886; card-mount; labels; 158–159) Lectotype, Heterargus ruficornis (Broun, 1893; as Protarphius); labels; 160–161) Holotype, Heterargus serricollis Broun, 1893; labels; 162) Holotype, Heterargus subaequus Broun, 1914.