Heterargus nodosus (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 : 30

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scientific name	Heterargus nodosus (Broun, 1893)
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Gathocles nodosus Broun, 1893b: 1086 . Hutton 1904: 169. Broun 1914b: 179. Broun 1923: 685. Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 48. Ivie and Ślipiński 1990: 11.

Heterargus nodosus: Ślipiński and Lawrence 1997: 387 , based on synonymy of Gathocles with Heterargus (p. 385). Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Moeraki.

Broun number: 1936.

Remarks: Broun based this species on a single specimen. There is an additional specimen in the BMNH that matches the information given in the original description bearing the following label data: “1936. [in Broun’s hand] // Moeraki [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Gathocles nodosus [in Broun’s hand]”. Upon comparison, both specimens appeared to be of the same species. It is impossible to determine which the one specimen Broun had before him was. Therefore, we chose to recognize as the holotype the cleaner of the two specimens. Additionally, the handwritten determination label of the holotype has a period following the name, which was common on Broun’s type specimens.

Type material examined: Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 1936 [in Broun’s hand] // Moeraki [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Gathocles nodosus . [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. (1914 b) Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Part III. Bulletin of the New Zealand Institute, 1, 143 - 266.

Broun, T. (1923) Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Part VIII. Bulletin of the New Zealand Institute, 1, 667 - 708.

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 145–153. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 145–146) Holotype, Heterargus nodosus (Broun, 1893; as Gathocles); labels; 147–148) Lectotype, Heterargus obliquicostatus (Broun, 1909; as Gathocles); labels; 149–150) Lectotype, Heterargus pallens (Broun, 1914; as Protarphius); labels; 151–152) Lectotype, Heterargus parallelus Broun, 1914; labels; 153) Lectotype, Heterargus posticalis (Broun, 1909; as Protarphius).