Ablabus brevis Broun, 1882

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 : 7

Ablabus brevis Broun, 1882

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Ablabus brevis Broun, 1882: 292 . Broun 1886: 763 (reprinted from Broun 1882). Broun 1886: 894. Hetschko 1930: 37. Maddison 2010: 426 (incorrectly attributed to “ Broun 1886 ”).

Notoulus brevis: Hutton 1904: 168 . Broun 1912: 420. Broun 1914a: 97. Hudson 1923: 368.

Type locality: Tairua (Auckland) .

Broun number: 1353.

Remarks: The description of this species was re-printed in Part III of Broun’s Manual of New Zealand Coleoptera (1886: 763) . Broun did not mention the number of specimens examined. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and paralectotype are here designated from the material of Ablabus brevis .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): mounted on same acetate card as paralectotype, top specimen is the lectotype, “Type [round label with red border] // 1353. [green label] // Tairua // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Notoulus brevis - [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): mounted on same acetate card as lectotype, bottom specimen is a paralectotype, mounted venter-up, labels same as lectotype .

Figures

FIGURES 1–9. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 1–3) Lectotype, Ablabus brevis Broun, 1882; card-mount; labels; 4–5) Lectotype, Ablabus crassulus (Broun, 1914; as Notoulus); labels; 6–7) Holotype, Ablabus demissus (Broun, 1912; as Notoulus); labels; 8–9) Holotype, Ablabus discors (Broun, 1921; as Notoulus); labels.