Pycnomerus latitans Sharp, 1886

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 : 69

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( Figs. 379–381 View FIGURES 379–387 )

Pycnomerus latitans Sharp, 1886: 390 . Broun 1893b: 1096 (reprinted excerpt of Sharp 1886: 390). Hutton 1904: 171. Broun

1912: 421. Hudson 1923: 370. Hetschko 1930: 62. Kuschel 1990: 33, 64. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Greymouth.

Broun number: 1950.

Remarks: Sharp did not mention the number of specimens examined. We located five specimens which we consider syntypes, including two pairs on separate cards with “1883” and “1885” handwritten on the cards, respectively. Four specimens (two pairs on separate cards) are labeled as variants and are not considered syntypes. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and four paralectotypes are here designated from the material of Pycnomerus latitans .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “ Pycnomerus latitans Type D.S. Greymouth. Helms [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Type [round label with red border] // Greymouth, New Zealand. [red underline] Helms. // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.” Paralectotypes ( BMNH): 2, mounted together on same card and pin, “ Pycnomerus latitans D.S. Greymouth N. Zd Helms. [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Greymouth, New Zealand. [red underline] Helms. // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.” Paralectotype ( BMNH): “ Pycnomerus latitans D.S. Greymouth N. Zd Helms. 1883 [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Greymouth, New Zealand. [red underline] Helms. // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.” Paralectotypes ( BMNH): 2, mounted together on same card and pin, “ Pycnomerus latitans D.S. Greymouth. 1885 [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Greymouth, New Zealand. [red underline] Helms. // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.”

References

Broun, T. (1893 b) Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Government Printer, Wellington. Parts V - VII: XVII + 975 - 1504.

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.

Hutton, F. W. (1904) Index Faunae Novae Zealandiae. Dulau & Co., London, 372 pp.

Kuschel, G. (1990) Beetles in a suburban environment: a New Zealand case study. DSIR Plant Protection Report, 3, 1 - 118.

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

Sharp, D. (1886) On New Zealand Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, (2), 3, 351 - 454, pls. 12 - 13.

Figures

FIGURES 379–387. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Pycnomerini. 379–381) Lectotype, Pycnomerus latitans Sharp, 1886; card-mount; labels; 382–383) Holotype, Pycnomerus longipes Broun, 1893; labels; 384–386) Lectotype, Pycnomerus longulus Sharp, 1886; card-mount; labels; 387) Holotype, Pycnomerus marginalis Broun, 1893.