Ablabus sellatus ( Sharp, 1886 )

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 : 11-12

Ablabus sellatus ( Sharp, 1886)

( Figs. 30–32 )

Bitoma sellata Sharp, 1886: 385 , pl. 12, fig. 20. Broun 1893b: 1081 (reprinted excerpt of Sharp 1886: 385). Hutton 1904: 169. Hetschko 1930: 19.

Notoulus sellata : transferred from Bitoma by Broun 1912: 420. Hudson 1923: 368. Hudson 1934: 58.

Ablabus sellata: Implied combination based on Notoulus as an objective synonym of Ablabus in Ivie and Ślipiński 1990: 9.

Ablabus sellatus: Maddison 2010: 426 .

Type locality: Greymouth.

Broun number: 1927.

Remarks: Note that the male gender ending of the Latin “ sellata ” is formed as sellatus (as listed above). Sharp did not mention the number of specimens examined. Sharp lists the specimen data as “Greymouth. Helms, No. 289.” In the BMNH there are 21 specimens identified by Sharp from Greymouth, with Sharp’s distinctive handwriting on the card-mount. There are two specimens with “Types” hand-written by Sharp on the same card, and we designate the specimen on the right as the lectotype, the left specimen as a paralectotype. All remaining specimens in the assumed syntypic series have the “Greymouth New Zealand [red underline] Helms.” label, and the “Sharp Coll. 1905-313.” label. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and 20 paralectotypes are here designated from the material of Bitoma sellata . There is one card-mounted specimen in the BMNH bearing the labels “Greymouth, New Zealand. [red underline] Helms. // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.” another card-mounted specimen [card has five black lines] bearing the labels: “Greymouth, New Zealand. [red underline] Helms. // Sharp Coll. 1905-313. // sellatus n.sp. [handwritten, appears to be in Sharp’s hand]”, and three specimens card-mounted together with a determination label of “ Bitoma sellata Greymouth ” in Sharp’s hand, but the bottom label states “N.Zeal / [red line] / 86 20”. We do not regard these as syntypes due to the lack of a determination label and different card style.

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): mounted on same card as a paralectotype, right specimen is the lectotype, “ Bitoma sella- ta. Types. D.S. Greymouth. N. Zeal d. Helms. [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Type [round label with red border] // Greymouth, New Zealand. [red underline] Helms. // Sharp Coll. 1905-313. // BMNH (E) #651699” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): mounted on same card as lectotype, left specimen is a paralectotype, labels same as lectotype . Paralectotype ( BMNH): 1, card-mounted individually, “ Bitoma sellata D.S. Greymouth N.Zd [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Greymouth, New Zealand. [red underline] Helms. // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.” Paralectotypes ( BMNH): eight total, four pairs of paralectotypes card-mounted on separate cards and pins, with identical labels, “ Bitoma sellata D.S. Greymouth N.Z. Helms. [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Greymouth, New Zealand. [red underline] Helms. // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.” Paralectotypes ( BMNH): 3, mounted together on single card, “ Bitoma Tarphiomimus sellata Greymouth N.Zd Helms. [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Greymouth, New Zealand. [red underline] Helms. // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.” Paralectotypes ( BMNH): 2, mounted together on single card, right specimen mounted venter-up, “ Bitoma sellata D.S. Greymouth. NZ. Helms. [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Greymouth, New Zealand. [red underline] Helms. // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.” Paralectotypes ( BMNH): 2, mounted together on single card, venter-up, “ Bitoma sellata Greymouth Helms [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Greymouth, New Zealand. [red underline] Helms. // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.” Paralectotypes ( BMNH): 3, mounted together on single card, right specimen mounted venter-up, “ Bitoma sellata D.S. Greymouth N.Z. Helms. [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Greymouth, New Zealand. [red underline] Helms. // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.”

Figures

FIGURES 28–36. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 28–29) Holotype, Ablabus scaber Broun, 1880; labels; 30–32) Lectotype, Ablabus sellatus (Sharp, 1886; as Bitoma); card-mount; labels; 33–34) Lectotype, Ablabus serratus (Broun, 1909; as Symphysius); labels; 35–36) Lectotype, Ablabus sparsus (Broun, 1886; as Notoulus); labels.