Epistranus sharpi 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 : 25-26

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scientific name	Epistranus sharpi Reitter, 1880
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( Figs. 123–124 View FIGURES 118–126 )

Epistranus sharpi Reitter, 1880c: 173 . Broun 1910b: 37. Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 52. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Greymouth.

Broun number: 3082.

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

Type material examined: Lectotype ( MNHN): card-mounted, “Now. Zeeland Helms Reitter. [label bordered with thin black line] // Epistranus Sharpi m. [in Reitter’s hand] // Epistranus sharpi Reitter , LECTOTYPE, design.

By R. Leschen 2009 [red label] // Epistranus Sharpi Rtt [red label, in S.A. Ślipiński’s hand]”. Paralectotypes ( MNHN): 3, individually mounted on separate cards and pins [card with two black lines near base], with identical labels, “Now. Zeeland Helms Reitter. [label bordered with thin black line] // Epistranus sharpi Reitter PARALECTOTYPE design. By R. LESCHEN 2009 [blue label]” . Paralectotypes ( MNHN): 4, individually mounted on separate cards and pins [card with three black lines near base, middle line thicker], with identical labels, “Now. Zeeland Helms Reitter. [label bordered with thin black line] // Epistranus sharpi Reitter PARALECTOTYPE design. By R. LESCHEN 2009 [blue label]” . Paralectotype ( MNHN): 1, card-mounted [card with three black lines near base, middle line thicker], “ Epistranus sharpi Reitter PARALECTOTYPE design. By R. LESCHEN 2009 [blue label]” .

References

Broun, T. (1910 b) Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. [Part I]. Bulletin of the New Zealand Institute, 1, 1 - 78.

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

Reitter, E. (1880 c) Beitrage zur Kaferfauna von New-Zeeland. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brunn, 18, 165 - 183.

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.