Epistranus fulvus Reitter, 1880

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 : 23-24

Epistranus fulvus Reitter, 1880

( Figs. 110–111 )

Epistranus fulvus Reitter, 1880c: 174 . Broun 1910b: 37. Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 52. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Greymouth.

Broun number: 3083.

Remarks: Reitter did not mention the number of specimens examined. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and five paralectotypes are here designated from the material of Epistranus fulvus .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( MNHN): card-mounted [card with two black lines near base], “Now. Zeeland Helms Reitter. [label bordered with thin black line] // Epistra- nus fulvus m. [in Reitter’s hand] // Epistranus fulvus Reitter , LECTOTYPE, design. By R. Leschen 2009 [red label] // Epistranus fulvus Reit. [red label, in S.A. Ślipiński’s hand]” . Paralectotypes ( MNHN): 2, individually mounted on separate cards and pins [card with three black lines near base, middle line thicker], with identical labels, “Now. Zeeland Helms Reitter. [label bordered with thin black line] // Epistranus fulvus Reitter PARALECTOTYPE design. By R. LESCHEN 2009 [blue label]” . Paralectotypes ( MNHN): 2, individually mounted on separate cards and pins [card with two black lines near base], with identical labels, “Now. Zeeland Helms Reitter. [label bordered with thin black line] // Epistranus fulvus Reitter PARALECTOTYPE design. By R. LESCHEN 2009 [blue label]” . Paralectotype ( MNHN): card-mounted [card without black lines], “Now. Zeeland Helms Reitter. [label bordered with thin black line] // Epistranus fulvus Reitter PARALECTOTYPE design. By R. LESCHEN 2009 [blue label]” .

Figures

FIGURES 109–117. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 109) Lectotype labels, Ciconissus granifer Broun, 1893; 110–111) Lectotype, Epistranus fulvus Reitter, 1880; labels; 112–113) Lectotype, Epistranus hirtalis Broun, 1893; labels; 114–115) Holotype, Epistranus humeralis Broun, 1880; labels; 116–117) Holotype, Epistranus lawsoni (Sharp, 1876; as Epistrophus); card-mount.