Pycnomerus candidus Broun, 1912

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 : 66

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3809.1.1

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scientific name

Pycnomerus candidus Broun, 1912
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Pycnomerus candidus Broun, 1912

( Figs. 352–353 View FIGURES 352–360 )

Pycnomerus candidus Broun, 1912: 421 . Hudson 1923: 370. Hetschko 1930: 61. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Greymouth.

Broun number: 3227.

Remarks: Broun based this species on a single specimen.

Type material examined: Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 3227 [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Greymouth. -Lewis- [in Broun’s hand] // Pycnomerus candidus . [in Broun’s hand]”.

Broun, T. (1912) Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. [Part I]. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 44 [1911], 379 - 440.

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

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FIGURES 352–360. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Pycnomerini. 352–353) Holotype, Pycnomerus candidus Broun, 1912; labels; 354–355) Holotype, Pycnomerus carinellus Broun, 1886; labels; 356–357) Lectotype, Pycnomerus cognatus Broun, 1886; labels; 358–360) Lectotype, Pycnomerus depressiusculus (White, 1846; as Lyctus); card-mount; labels.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Zopheridae

Genus

Pycnomerus