Bitoma insularis White, 1846

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 : 16

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scientific name	Bitoma insularis White, 1846
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( Figs. 59–61 View FIGURES 55–63 )

Bitoma insularis White, 1846: 18 . Sharp 1876: 18, 26. Sharp 1877c: 391, 399 (reprinted from Sharp 1876). Broun 1880: 192. Hutton 1904: 169. Broun 1912: 420. Hudson 1923: 368. Hetschko 1930: 18. Hudson 1934: 59. Kuschel 1990: 33, 63. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Port Nicholson .

Broun number: 343.

Remarks: White did not mention the number of specimens examined. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and paralectotype are here designated from the material of Bitoma insularis .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): mounted on same card as paralectotype, left specimen is the lectotype, “Type [round label with red border] // Port. Nicholson N. Zealand [dark green label with black border, in White’s hand] // 67. 78- [round blue label, handwritten] // Bitoma insularis White. Zool. Ereb & Terro [handwritten]” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): mounted on same card as lectotype, right specimen is a paralectotype, mounted on right side and missing head and prothorax, labels same as lectotype .

References

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

Broun, T. (1912) Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. [Part I]. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 44 [1911], 379 - 440.

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.

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.

White, A. (1846) Insects. Insects of New Zealand. In: Richardson, J. & Gray, J. E. (Eds.), The Zoology of the Voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Green and Longman, London, 2 (4), pp. 1 - 24 + pls. 1 - 6.

Figures

FIGURES 55–63. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 55–56) Holotype, Bitoma distincta Broun, 1880; labels; 57–58) Holotype, Bitoma guttata Broun, 1886; labels; 59–61) Lectotype, Bitoma insularis White, 1846; labels; 62–63) Holotype, Bitoma lobata Broun, 1886; labels.