Pycnomerus mediocris Broun, 1911

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 : 70-71

Pycnomerus mediocris Broun, 1911

( Figs. 389–390 )

Pycnomerus mediocris Broun, 1911: 99 . Hudson 1923: 370. Hetschko 1930: 63. Emberson 1998: 44. Maddison 2010: 426. Type locality: Pitt Island.

Broun number: This species was listed as number 62 in the paper, but this is not a “Broun number” in the standard sense.

Remarks: Broun did not mention the number of specimens examined. There are five specimens in the BMNH Chatham Islands Broun Collection and one in the NZAC. There is an additional specimen in the NZAC that lacks the “62.” label, which we do not consider a syntype. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and five paralectotypes are here designated from the material of Pycnomerus mediocris .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “62. [in Broun’s hand] // Chatham Is. [red underline] Broun Coll. B.M. 1922-482. // Pitt Island . - T. Hall- [in Broun’s hand] // Pycnomerus mediocris _ [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): mounted venter-up, “62. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Pitt Isd. - T. Hall- [in Broun’s hand] // Pycnomerus mediocris . [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotypes ( BMNH): 3, individually mounted on separate cards and pins, with identical labels, “62. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Pitt Isd. -Hall- [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype ( NZAC): card-mounted, “62. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand, [typed] Chatham Is. Broun Coll. [in J.C Watt’s hand] // A.E. Brookes Collection // [green label] SYNTYPE [typed] Pycnomerus mediocrus Broun, 1911 [in J.C Watt’s hand]” .

Figures

FIGURES 388–396. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Pycnomerini. 388) Holotype labels, Pycnomerus marginalis Broun, 1893; 389–390) Lectotype, Pycnomerus mediocris Broun, 1911; labels; 391–393) Lectotype, Pycnomerus minor Sharp, 1876; card-mount; labels; 394–395) Lectotype, Pycnomerus nitiventris Broun, 1903; labels; 396) Lectotype, Pycnomerus ocularius Broun, 1914.