Bitoma costicollis (Reitter, 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

Bitoma costicollis (Reitter, 1880)

( Figs. 48–49 )

Phormesa costicollis Reitter, 1880c: 174 . Broun 1910b: 38. Hudson 1923: 368. Hetschko 1930: 23.

Bitoma costicollis: Implied combination based on synonymy of Phormesa with Bitoma in Ślipiński and Lawrence 1997: 361. Bitoma costicollis: Maddison 2010: 426 (attributed to Reitter, although author and year were not in parentheses).

Type locality: Greymouth.

Broun number: 3085.

Remarks: Reitter did not mention the number of specimens examined. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and seven paralectotypes are here designated from the material of Phormesa costicollis .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( MNHN): card-mounted, “Now. Zeeland Helms Reitter. [label bordered with thin black line] // Phorm. Costicollis m [in Reitter’s hand] // Phormesa costicollis Rtt & SYNTYPES [red label, in S.A. Ślipiński’s hand]” . Paralectotypes ( MNHN): 5, individually mounted on separate cards and pins, with identical labels, “ EX. COLL. REITTER” . Paralectotypes ( MNHN): 2, individually mounted on separate cards and pins, with identical labels, “ New Zealand Helms Reitter ” .

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.