Pycnomerus simulans Sharp, 1876

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 : 74

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scientific name	Pycnomerus simulans Sharp, 1876
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( Figs. 408–410 View FIGURES 406–414 )

Pycnomerus simulans Sharp, 1876: 25 . Sharp 1877c: 397 (reprinted from Sharp 1876). Broun 1880: 209. Sharp 1886: 388. Broun 1893b: 1443. Hutton 1904: 171. Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 63. Maddison 2010: 426.

Penthelispa simulans: Reitter 1880c: 175 .

Type locality: Tairua.

Broun number: 369.

Remarks: Sharp did not mention the number of specimens examined. None of the other specimens labeled by Sharp as Pycnomerus simulans matched the type locality (as most were labeled from localities in the South Island), therefore, we decided to recognize two specimens without specific geographic data as syntypes. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and paralectotype are here designated from the material of Pycnomerus simulans .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): mounted on same card as paralectotype, left specimen is the lectotype, “ Pycnomerus simulans Type N. Zeal d. D.S. [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Type [round label with red border] // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.” Paralectotype ( BMNH): mounted on same card as lectotype, right specimen is a paralectotype, labels same as lectotype .

References

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

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

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

Reitter, E. (1880 c) Beitrage zur Kaferfauna von New-Zeeland. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brunn, 18, 165 - 183.

Sharp, D. (1876) On the Colydiidae of New Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (4), 18, 17 - 29.

Sharp, D. (1877 c) On the Colydiidae of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 9 [reprint of 1876], 390 - 401.

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 406–414. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Pycnomerini. 406–407) Holotype, Pycnomerus simplex Broun, 1880; labels; 408–410) Lectotype, Pycnomerus simulans Sharp, 1876; card-mount; labels; 411–412) Lectotype, Pycnomerus sinuatus Broun, 1893; labels; 413–414) Lectotype, Pycnomerus sulcatissimus (Reitter, 1880; as Penthelispa); labels.