Pristoderus viridipictus ( Wollaston, 1873 )

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 : 57

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Pristoderus viridipictus ( Wollaston, 1873)

( Figs. 303–305 View FIGURES 298–306 )

Tarphiomimetes viridipicta Wollaston, 1873: 11 . Sharp 1876: 17. Sharp 1877c: 391 (reprinted from Sharp 1876).

Tarphiomimetes viridipcta: Sharp 1877b: 268 . Incorrect subsequent spelling, not available.

Tarphiomimetes viridipictus: Sharp 1876: 19 . Sharp 1877c: 392 (reprinted from Sharp 1876).

Ulonotus viridipictus: Sharp 1876: 17 . Broun 1880: 188. Broun 1886: 948. Hutton 1904: 168. Hudson 1923: 368. Hetschko 1930: 38.

Pristoderus viridipictus: Combination by Hudson 1934: 58. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Auckland .

Broun number: 334.

Remarks: Wollaston mentioned that he based this species on two specimens (listed as “exponents”). In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype is here designated from the material of Tarphiomimetes viridipicta .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “ Tarphiomimetes viridipicta Woll. Ind. typ. N. Zeal d. [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Sharp Coll. 1905-313. // Tarphiomimetes viridipicta, Woll. (Nov. Zealand) [in Wollaston’s hand, confirmed by R. G. Booth]”.

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.

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.

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.

Sharp, D. (1877 b) Descriptions of some new species, and indications of new genera of Coleoptera from New Zealand. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 13, 265 - 272.

Wollaston, T. V. (1873) On two new genera of Colydiidae from New Zealand. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 10, 9 - 13.

Figures

FIGURES 298–306. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 298) Holotype labels, Pristoderus tuberculatus (Broun, 1880; as Ulonotus); 299–300) Lectotype, Pristoderus undosus (Broun, 1882; as Dryptops); labels; 301–302) Holotype, Pristoderus uropterus (Broun, 1912; as Ulonotus); labels; 303–305) Lectotype, Pristoderus viridipictus (Wollaston, 1873; as Tarphiomimetes); card-mount; labels; 306) Lectotype, Pristoderus wakefieldi (Sharp, 1877; as Enarsus).