Pycnomerus impressus Broun, 1893

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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Pycnomerus impressus Broun, 1893
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Pycnomerus impressus Broun, 1893

( Figs. 375–376 View FIGURES 370–378 )

Pycnomerus impressus Broun, 1893b: 1094, 1444 . Hutton 1904: 171. Broun 1909a: 394. Hudson 1923: 370. Hetschko 1930: 62. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Hermitage , Mount Cook .

Broun number: 1946.

Remarks: Broun did not mention the number of specimens examined. We located one specimen in the BMNH Broun collection matching the type locality. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype is here designated from the material of Pycnomerus impressus .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 1946. [in Broun’s hand] // Hermitage Mt. Cook. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Pycnomerus impressus [in Broun’s hand]”.

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

Broun, T. (1909 a) Descriptions of new genera and species of New Zealand Coleoptera. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (8), 3, 223 - 233, 285 - 299.

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

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FIGURES 370–378. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Pycnomerini. 370–372) Lectotype, Pycnomerus helmsi Sharp, 1886; card-mount; labels; 373–374) Holotype, Pycnomerus hirtus Broun, 1886; labels 375–376) Lectotype, Pycnomerus impressus Broun, 1893; labels; 377–378) Holotype, Pycnomerus lateralis Broun, 1886; labels.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Zopheridae

Genus

Pycnomerus