Bitoma distans 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 : 15

Bitoma distans Sharp, 1876

( Figs. 52–54 )

Bitoma distans Sharp, 1876: 26 . Sharp 1877c: 399 (reprinted from Sharp 1876). Broun 1880: 193. Hutton 1904: 169. Hudson 1923: 368. Hetschko 1930: 17. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Tairua.

Broun number: 345.

Remarks: Sharp did not mention the number of specimens examined. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and four paralectotypes are here designated from the material of Bitoma distans .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “ Bitoma distans Type N Zeald D.S. [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Type [round label with red border] // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.” Paralectotypes ( BMNH): 4, individually mounted on separate cards and pins, with identical labels, “ Bitoma distans Ind. typ. N.Zeald D.S. [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.”

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.