Syncalus solidus Broun, 1923

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 : 61-62

Syncalus solidus Broun, 1923

( Figs. 331–332 )

Syncalus solidus Broun, 1923: 685 . Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 57. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Tairua [Hunua Range, Waitakere, and Pakarau also given in original description].

Broun number: 4283.

Remarks: Broun did not mention the number of specimens examined. We located a specimen with a printed “Tairua” label which we regard as the lectotype and five specimens (three with a handwritten “Waitakere” label and two with a handwritten”Pakarau” label) which we regard as paralectotypes. No specimens were located, however, that are explicitly labeled from the Hunua Ranges. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and five paralectotypes are here designated from the material of Syncalus solidus .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Tairua // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Syncalus solidus . [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotypes ( BMNH): 3, individually mounted on separate cards and pins, with identical labels, one mounted venter-up, “ New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Waitakerei. 26.10.1914 [in Broun’s hand] // Syncalus solidus . [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): “ New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Pakarau. 24.3.15 [in Broun’s hand] // Syncalus solidus . [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype ( NZAC): card-mounted, “Parakau 24-3-18. [in Broun’s hand] // Syncalus solidus . [in Broun’s hand] // T. Broun Collection // A.E. Brookes Collection ” .

Figures

FIGURES 325–333. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 325–326) Holotype cardmount; labels, Syncalus optatus Sharp, 1876; 327–328) Holotype, Syncalus piciceps Broun, 1893; labels; 329–330) Holotype, Syncalus politus Broun, 1880; labels; 331–332) Lectotype, Syncalus solidus Broun, 1923; labels; 333) Lectotype, Tarphiomimus indentatus Wollaston, 1873.