Bitoma novella Hetschko, 1929

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 : 17-18

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Bitoma novella Hetschko, 1929: 94 , replacement name for Bitoma maura Broun, 1912: 420 , preoccupied by Bitoma maura ( Pascoe, 1863c: 129; as Xuthia ). Maddison 2010: 426.

Bitoma maura Broun, 1912: 420 . Hudson 1923: 369.

Type locality: Waimarino.

Broun number: 3225. Remarks: Broun based this species on a single specimen collected in January, 1910. Type material examined: Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 3225. [in

Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Waimarino Jany. 1910. [in

Broun’s hand] // Bitoma maura [in Broun’s hand]”.

References

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. (1929) Zur Nomenklatur einiger Clavifornier-Arten. (Col.). Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 46 (2), 94.

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

Pascoe, F. P. (1863 c) List of the Colydiidae collected in the Indian Islands by Alfred R. Wallace, Esq., and descriptions of new species. Journal of Entomology, 2, 121 - 143, pl. VIII.

Figures

FIGURES 64–72. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 64–65) Holotype, Bitoma morosa Broun, 1921; labels; 66–68) Holotype, Bitoma mundula Sharp, 1886; card-mount; labels; 69–71) Holotype, Bitoma nana Sharp, 1876; card-mount; labels 72) Holotype, Bitoma novella Hetschko, 1929 (repl. name for Bitoma maura Broun, 1912).

FIGURES 73–81. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 73) Holotype labels, Bitoma novella Hetschko, 1929 (repl. name for Bitoma maura Broun, 1912); 74–75) Holotype, Bitoma picicornis Broun, 1909; labels; 76–78) Lectotype, Bitoma rugosa Sharp, 1876; card-mount; labels; 79–80) Holotype, Bitoma scita Broun, 1886; labels; 81) Holotype, Bitoma serraticula Sharp, 1886.