Lasconotus gracilis ( 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 : 34

Lasconotus gracilis ( Sharp, 1876)

( Figs. 166–168 )

Ithris gracilis Sharp, 1876: 23 . Sharp 1877c: 396 (reprinted from Sharp 1876). Broun 1880: 205. Hutton 1904: 170. Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 33. Watt 1982b: 303. Kuschel 1990: 33, 63.

Lasconotus gracilis: Implied combination based on synonymy of Ithris with Lasconotus in Pope 1955: 245.

Lasconotus gracilis: Maddison 2010: 426 .

Type locality: Auckland .

Broun number: 365.

Remarks: Sharp based this species on a single specimen.

Type material examined: Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “ Ithris gracilis 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.”

Figures

FIGURES 163–171. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 163) Holotype labels, Heterargus subaequus Broun, 1914; 164–165) Lectotype, Heterargus tricavus (Broun, 1909; as Protarphius); labels; 166–168) Holotype, Lasconotus gracilis (Sharp, 1876; as Ithris); card-mount; labels; 169–170) Holotype, Norix crassus Broun, 1893; labels; 171) Holotype, Notocoxelus bicavus (Broun, 1909; as Coxelus).