Pristoderus scaber ( Fabricius, 1775 )

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 : 56

Pristoderus scaber ( Fabricius, 1775)

( Figs. 292–296 )

Dermestes scaber Fabricius, 1775: 57 . Olivier 1790: 15, pl.2 fig. 14. Fabricius 1801: 318. Zimsen 1964: 77. Ivie and Ślipiński 1990: 9

Pristoderus scaber: Hope, 1840: 145 . White 1846: 12. Lacordaire 1854: 359. Pascoe 1876: 51. Kuschel 1990: 33, 63. Ślipiński and Lawrence 1997: 407. Maddison 2010: 426.

Ulonotus scaber: Hetschko 1930: 39 . Radford 1981: 188.

Bolitophagus anguliferus Blanchard, 1853: 167 , pl. 11, fig. 3. Gerstaecker 1855: 177. Jouan 1868: 317. Synonymized with Pristoderus scaber (Fabricius) by Waterhouse 1875: 55.

Bolitophagus angulifer: Bates 1873: 473 . Bates 1876: 283 (reprinted from Bates 1873). Waterhouse 1875: 55. Rye 1877: 341. Hutton 1904: 186. Gebien 1906: 219. Incorrect subsequent spelling, not available.

Ulonotus integer Sharp, 1877b: 268 . Broun 1880: 189. Hutton 1904: 168. Hudson 1923: 368. Hetschko 1930: 38. Synonymized with Ulonotus scaber Fabricius by Radford 1981: 188.

Pristoderus integer: Implied combination based on Ulonotus as a junior synonym of Pristoderus in Ivie and Ślipiński 1990: 9.

Type locality: Dermestes scaber Fabricius : New Zealand. Bolitophagus anguliferus Blanchard : New Zealand. Ulonotus integer Sharp : Christchurch.

Broun number: Dermestes scaber Fabricius : none given. Bolitophagus anguliferus Blanchard : none given. Ulonotus integer Sharp : 336.

Remarks: Fabricius did not mention the number of specimens examined of Dermestes scaber , but a specimen in the Banks Collection at the BMNH was listed as the holotype by Radford (1981: 188). Blanchard did not mention the number of specimens examined of Bolitophagus anguliferus . Sharp based Ulonotus integer on a single specimen.

Type material examined: Dermestes scaber Fabricius : Holotype ( BMNH): pinned through left elytron, “Derm. Scaber. [in Fabricius’ hand] Fab. Entom. p. 57.16. [handwritten]”. Bolitophagus anguliferus Blanchard : type material not examined. Ulonotus integer Sharp : Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “ Ulonotus integer Type D.S. Christchurch. N.Z d. [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Type [round label with red border] // Sharp Coll. 1905-313. // BMNH (E) #651704”.

Figures

FIGURES 289–297. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 289) Lectotype labels, Pristoderus rufescens (Broun, 1886; as Ulonotus); 290–291) Lectotype, Pristoderus salebrosus (Broun, 1880; as Ulonotus); labels; 292–293) Holotype, Pristoderus scaber (Fabricius, 1775; as Dermestes); labels; 294–296) Holotype, Pristoderus integer (Sharp, 1877; as Ulonotus), jr. syn. of Pristoderus scaber; card-mount; labels; 297) Holotype, Pristoderus tuberculatus (Broun, 1880; as Ulonotus).