Bitoma brouni ( Hetschko, 1928 )

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 : 14-15

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Bitoma brouni ( Hetschko, 1928)

( Figs. 46–47 View FIGURES 46–54 )

Bitoma brouni ( Hetschko, 1928: 141; as Ditoma ). Replacement name for Bitoma obsoleta Broun 1914b: 176 , preoccupied by Bitoma obsoleta Grouvelle, 1903: 182 . Hetschko 1930: 16. Maddison 2010: 426.

Bitoma obsoleta Broun : Hudson 1923: 369.

Type locality: Rakaia Gorge, near Methven. Broun number: 3544.

Remarks: Broun based his Bitoma obsoleta on a single specimen collected on 1 November, 1912. This was given the replacement name Bitoma brouni ( Hetschko, 1928: 142; as Ditoma ).

Type material examined: Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 3544. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Rakaia. 1.11.1912. [in Broun’s hand] // Bitoma obsoleta - [in Broun’s hand]”.

References

Broun, T. (1914 b) Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Part III. Bulletin of the New Zealand Institute, 1, 143 - 266.

Hetschko, A. (1928) Zur Nomenclatur einiger Colydiiden-, Cucujiden- und Phalacriden-Arten. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 44, 141 - 142.

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.

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

Figures

FIGURES 46–54. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 46–47) Holotype, Bitoma brouni Hetschko, 1928 (repl. name for Bitoma obsoleta Broun, 1914); labels; 48–49) Lectotype, Bitoma costicollis (Reitter, 1880; as Phormesa); labels; 50–51) Lectotype, Bitoma discoidea Broun, 1880; 52–54) Lectotype, Bitoma distans Sharp, 1876; card-mount; labels.