Syncalus hystrix 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 : 60

Syncalus hystrix Sharp, 1876

( Figs. 317–319 )

Syncalus hystrix Sharp, 1876: 22 . Sharp 1877c: 395 (reprinted from Sharp 1876). Broun 1880: 202. Hutton 1904: 170. Broun 1923: 686. Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 57. Ivie and Ślipiński 1990: 12. Kuschel 1990: 33, 64. Ślipiński and Lawrence 1997: 414. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Tairua?

Broun number: 361.

Remarks: Sharp based this species on a single specimen sent by Broun. Although no locality was explicitly given in the description, it is likely the specimen was from Tairua, as Sharp received specimens of other species from Tairua from Broun (listed in descriptions in the same paper).

Type material examined: Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “ Syncalus hystrix Type D.S. [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Type [round border with red label] // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.”

Figures

FIGURES 316–324. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 316) Holotype labels, Syncalus granulatus (Broun, 1880; as Acosmetus); 317–319) Holotype, Syncalus hystrix Sharp, 1876; card-mount; labels; 320–321) Lectotype, Syncalus munroi Broun, 1893; labels; 322–323) Lectotype, Syncalus oblongus (Broun, 1880; as Acosmetus); labels; 324) Holotype, Syncalus optatus Sharp, 1876.