Pristoderus asper ( Sharp, 1876 )

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 : 45

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Pristoderus asper ( Sharp, 1876)

( Figs. 227–229 View FIGURES 226–234 )

Ulonotus asper Sharp, 1876: 19 . Sharp 1877c: 392 (reprinted from Sharp 1876). Broun 1880: 189. Broun 1886: 895. Hutton 1904: 168. Broun 1923: 684. Hudson 1923: 368. Hetschko 1930: 38.

Pristoderus asper: Combination by Hudson 1934: 58. Watt 1982b: 303. Kuschel 1990: 33, 63. Emberson 1998: 44. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Tairua.

Broun number: 335.

Remarks: Sharp based this species on a single specimen.

Type material examined: Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “ Ulonotus asper . Type N. Zeal d. D.S. [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Type [round label with red border] // Sharp Coll. 1905-313. // BMNH (E) #651703”.

References

Broun, T. (1880) Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Government Printer, Wellington, Part I: XIX + 1 - 651 + VIII.

Broun, T. (1886) Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Government Printer, Wellington. Parts III and IV, 745 - 973 + XVII.

Broun, T. (1923) Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Part VIII. Bulletin of the New Zealand Institute, 1, 667 - 708.

Emberson, R. M. (1998) The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the Chatham Islands. New Zealand Entomologist, 21, 25 - 64.

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.

Hudson, G. V. (1934) New Zealand beetles and their larvae. An elementary introduction to the study of our native Coleoptera. Ferguson & Osborn Ltd., Wellington, 236 pp, 17 pls.

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

Kuschel, G. (1990) Beetles in a suburban environment: a New Zealand case study. DSIR Plant Protection Report, 3, 1 - 118.

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

Sharp, D. (1876) On the Colydiidae of New Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (4), 18, 17 - 29.

Sharp, D. (1877 c) On the Colydiidae of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 9 [reprint of 1876], 390 - 401.

Watt, J. C. (1982 b) Terrestrial arthropods from the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 12 (3), 283 - 320.

Figures

FIGURES 226–234. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 226) Lectotype labels, Pristoderus antarcticus (White, 1846; as Bolitophagus); 227–229) Holotype, Pristoderus asper (Sharp, 1876; as Ulonotus); card-mount; labels; 230–231) Holotype, Pristoderus atratus (Broun, 1880; as Ulonotus); labels; 232–233) Lectotype, Pristoderus bakewellii (Pascoe, 1866; as Enarsus); labels; 234) Lectotype, Pristoderus brouni (Sharp, 1876; as Ulonotus).