Pycnomerus, Erichson, 1842

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 : 64

PYCNOMERUS Erichson, 1842

Pycnomerus Erichson, 1842: 214 . Type species: Ips terebrans Olivier, 1790 , subsequent designaton by Dajoz 1977: 175.

Pycnomorphus Motschulsky, 1858: 139 . Type species: Colydium haematodes Fabricius, 1801 , fixed by monotypy. Synonymized with Pycnomerus Erichson by Ślipiński and Lawrence 1999: 30.

Dechomus Jacquelin du Val, 1859: 180 . Type species: Cerylon sulcicolle Germar, 1824 , fixed by monotypy. Synonymized with Pycnomerus Erichson by Ślipiński and Lawrence 1999: 30.

Penthelispa Pascoe, 1860: 111 . Type species: Penthelispa porosa Pascoe, 1860 , by monotypy. Synonymized with Pycnomerus Erichson by Sharp 1894: 474 (missed by Hetschko 1930).

Endectus LeConte, 1861: 91 . Type species: Lyctus reflexus Say, 1827 , designated by Ivie and Ślipiński 1990: 15. Synonymized with Penthelispa Pascoe by LeConte 1873: 328.

Pycnomeroplesius Ganglbauer, 1899: 885 . Type species: Pycnomerus inexpectus Jacquelin du Val, 1859 , fixed by monotypy. Synonymized with Pycnomerus Erichson by Kuhnt 1913: 558.

Remarks: Broun (1893b: 1094) listed the species Pycnomerus pubescens in the comparative section for P. sinuatus , but this name is probably a manuscript name as no specimens bearing this name were found in collections or in the literature.

Hetschko (1930: 65) listed Penthelispa aequicolle Reitter, 1878 from “Neu-Seeland” which is an error, as this species was described from “Portorico.” It should be noted that Pycnomerus aequicollis (attributed to Reitter, although author and year were not in parentheses) was listed in Maddison (2010: 426) as occurring in New Zealand, a recapitulation from Hetschko (1930).