Heterargus parallelus Broun, 1914

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 : 32

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( Figs. 151–152)

Heterargus parallelus Broun, 1914b: 178 . Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 48. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Hump Ridge, near Invercargill.

Broun number: 3546.

Remarks: Broun did not mention the number of specimens examined, but stated they were collected in February, 1912. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and three paralectotypes are here designated from the material of Heterargus parallelus .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “3546 [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Hump Range. Dec r 1911. [in Broun’s hand] // Heterargus parallelus . [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): “ TYPE [round label with red border] // 3546. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Hump Ridge. Feby. 1912. [in Broun’s hand] // Heterargus parallelus [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): “3546. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Hump Ridge. Feby. 1912. [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype [cardmounted] ( MNHN): “Hump Ridge. Feby. 1912. [in Broun’s hand] // 3546 [in Broun’s hand]” .

References

Broun, T. (1914 b) Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Part III. Bulletin of the New Zealand Institute, 1, 143 - 266.

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