Chorasus costatus (Broun, 1893)

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 : 20

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scientific name	Chorasus costatus (Broun, 1893)
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( Figs. 89–90 View FIGURES 82–90 )

Vitiacus costatus Broun, 1893b: 1087 . Broun 1895: 195. Hutton 1904: 169. Broun 1921a: 530. Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 48. Ivie and Ślipiński 1990: 11.

Chorasus costatus: Ślipiński and Lawrence 1997: 368 , based on synonymy of Vitiacus with Chorasus (p. 368). Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Moeraki.

Broun number: 1937.

Remarks: Broun based this species on a single specimen.

Type material examined: Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 1937. [in Broun’s hand] // Moeraki - Otago - [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922- 482. // Vitiacus costatus . [in Broun’s hand]”.

References

Broun, T. (1893 b) Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Government Printer, Wellington. Parts V - VII: XVII + 975 - 1504.

Broun, T. (1895) Descriptions of new Coleoptera from New Zealand. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (6), 15 (1895), 67 - 88, 194 - 203, 234 - 245, 405 - 419.

Broun, T. (1921 a) Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Part VI. Bulletin of the New Zealand Institute, 1, 475 - 590.

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.

Ivie, M. A. & Slipinski, S. A. (1990) Catalogue of the genera of world Colydiidae (Coleoptera). Annales Zoologici, 43 (Supplement 1), 1 - 32.

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

Slipinski, S. A. & Lawrence, J. F. (1997) Genera of Colydiinae (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) of the Australo-Pacific region. Annales Zoologici, 47 (3 / 4), 341 - 440.

Figures

FIGURES 82–90. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 82–83) Holotype card-mount; labels, Bitoma serraticula Sharp, 1886.; 84–86) Lectotype, Bitoma vicina Sharp, 1876; card-mount; labels; 87–88) Holotype, Chorasus buckleyi Lord and Leschen (repl. name for Vitiacus subcaecus Broun, 1921); labels; 89–90) Holotype, Chorasus costatus (Broun, 1893; as Vitiacus); labels.