Syncalus optatus 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 : 61

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scientific name	Syncalus optatus Sharp, 1876
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( Figs. 324–326 View FIGURES 316–324 View FIGURES 325–333 )

Syncalus optatus Sharp, 1876: 21 . Sharp 1877c: 394 (reprinted from Sharp 1876). Broun 1880: 201. Hutton 1904: 170. Broun 1923: 686. Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 57. Kuschel 1990: 33, 64. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Auckland .

Broun number: 359.

Remarks: Sharp based this species on a single “mutilated” specimen.

Type material examined: Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted [missing tarsomeres on the prolegs and right meso- and metalegs], “ Syncalus optatus 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.”

References

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

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

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.

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.

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.

FIGURES 325–333. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 325–326) Holotype cardmount; labels, Syncalus optatus Sharp, 1876; 327–328) Holotype, Syncalus piciceps Broun, 1893; labels; 329–330) Holotype, Syncalus politus Broun, 1880; labels; 331–332) Lectotype, Syncalus solidus Broun, 1923; labels; 333) Lectotype, Tarphiomimus indentatus Wollaston, 1873.