Pycnomerus ellipticus Broun, 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 : 67

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scientific name	Pycnomerus ellipticus Broun, 1880
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( Figs. 364–365 View FIGURES 361–369 )

Pycnomerus ellipticus Broun, 1880: 210 . Broun 1882: 295. Broun 1886: 767 (reprinted from Broun 1882). Broun 1886: 896, 927. Hutton 1904: 171. Hudson 1923: 370. Hetschko 1930: 62. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Tairua.

Broun number: 372.

Remarks: Broun based this species on a single specimen.

Type material examined: Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 372 [green label] // Tairua [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Pycnomerus ellipticus [in Broun’s hand]”.

References

Broun, T. (1880) Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Government Printer, Wellington, Part I: XIX + 1 - 651 + VIII.

Broun, T. (1882) The New Zealand Carabidae. The New Zealand Journal of Science, 1 (6), 287 - 298. [Apparently an error in the title, the cover sheet of the journal lists the title as On New Zealand Coleoptera , pages 299 - 304 of the same article appeared in January 1883 in Vol. 1, No. 7.]

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

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.

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 361–369. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Pycnomerini. 361–363) Lectotype, Pycnomerus sophorae Sharp, 1876, jr. syn. of Pycnomerus depressiusculus; card-mount; labels 364–365) Holotype, Pycnomerus ellipticus Broun, 1880; labels; 366–367) Holotype, Pycnomerus elongellus Broun, 1893; labels; 368–369) Holotype, Pycnomerus frontalis Broun, 1893; labels.