Bitoma discoidea Broun, 1880

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

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scientific name	Bitoma discoidea Broun, 1880
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( Figs. 50–51 View FIGURES 46–54 )

Bitoma discoidea Broun, 1880: 195 . Hutton 1904: 169. Hudson 1923: 368. Hetschko 1930: 17. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Mount Manaia [Whangarei Heads] .

Broun number: 349.

Remarks: Broun mentioned that he based this species on two specimens. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and paralectotype are here designated from the material of Bitoma discoidea .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 349 [green label] // Mount Manaia. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Bitoma discoidea [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): “349. [green label] // Manaia. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482.”

References

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

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.

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.