Epistranus valens Broun, 1881

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 : 26

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scientific name	Epistranus valens Broun, 1881
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( Figs. 125–126 View FIGURES 118–126 )

Epistranus valens Broun, 1881: 670 . Broun 1886: 950. Broun 1893a: 187. Broun 1893b: 1344. Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 52. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Mount Manaia [Whangarei Heads] .

Broun number: 1168.

Remarks: Broun based this species on a single specimen missing one antenna.

Type material examined: Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 1168. [green label] // Manaia // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Epistranus valens . [in Broun’s hand]”.

References

Broun, T. (1881) Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Government Printer, Wellington. Part II: XXIII + 652 - 744.

Broun, T. (1886) Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Government Printer, Wellington. Parts III and IV, 745 - 973 + XVII.

Broun, T. (1893 a) Descriptions of new Coleoptera from New Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (6), 12, 161 - 195, 288 - 302, 374 - 392.

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

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.

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 118–126. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 118) Holotype labels, Epistranus lawsoni (Sharp, 1876; as Epistrophus); 119–120) Lectotype, Epistranus optabilis Broun, 1893; labels; 121–122) Lectotype, Epistranus parvus Broun, 1886; labels 123–124) Lectotype, Epistranus sharpi Reitter, 1880; labels; 125–126) Holotype, Epistranus valens Broun, 1881; labels.