Pristoderus wallacei ( Broun, 1912 )

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 : 58

Pristoderus wallacei ( Broun, 1912)

( Figs. 309–310 )

Ulonotus wallacei Broun, 1912: 419 . Hudson 1923: 368. Hetschko 1930: 38.

Pristoderus wallacei: Combination by Hudson 1934: 58. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Wairiri, Seaward Kaikoura Range.

Broun number: 3223.

Remarks: Broun did not mention the number of specimens examined. Only four specimens were present in the BMNH, three that match the locality, one of which bears an additional “Moeraki” label. There are five specimens in the NZAC (three individually mounted on separate cards and pins, two pointed on separate cards on the same pins, one venter-up) with determination labels in Broun’s hand and “ Syntype ” labels in J.C. Watt’s hand. We do not regard these as syntypes because they lack locality labels. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and three paralectotypes are here designated from the material of Ulonotus wallacei.

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 3223 [in Broun’s hand] // Moeraki [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Wairiri. Kaikoura. [in Broun’s hand] // Ulonotus Wallacei. [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): “3223 [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Wairiri. Kaikoura [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): “3223. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Wairiri. Kaikoura [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): mounted venter-up, “3223 [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Wairiri. Kaikoura [in Broun’s hand] // Ulonotus wallacei. [in Broun’s hand]” .

Figures

FIGURES 307–315. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 307–308) Lectotype cardmount; labels, Pristoderus wakefieldi (Sharp, 1877; as Enarsus); 309–310) Lectotype, Pristoderus wallacei (Broun, 1912; as Ulonotus); labels; 311–312) Holotype, Rytinotus squamulosus Broun, 1880; labels; 313–314) Holotype, Syncalus explanatus Broun, 1912; labels; 315) Holotype, Syncalus granulatus (Broun, 1880; as Acosmetus).