Heterargus parallelus Broun, 1914

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 : 32

Heterargus parallelus Broun, 1914

( Figs. 151–152 )

Heterargus parallelus Broun, 1914b: 178 . Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 48. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Hump Ridge, near Invercargill.

Broun number: 3546.

Remarks: Broun did not mention the number of specimens examined, but stated they were collected in February, 1912. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and three paralectotypes are here designated from the material of Heterargus parallelus .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “3546 [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Hump Range. Dec r 1911. [in Broun’s hand] // Heterargus parallelus . [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): “ TYPE [round label with red border] // 3546. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Hump Ridge. Feby. 1912. [in Broun’s hand] // Heterargus parallelus [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): “3546. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Hump Ridge. Feby. 1912. [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype [cardmounted] ( MNHN): “Hump Ridge. Feby. 1912. [in Broun’s hand] // 3546 [in Broun’s hand]” .

Figures

FIGURES 145–153. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 145–146) Holotype, Heterargus nodosus (Broun, 1893; as Gathocles); labels; 147–148) Lectotype, Heterargus obliquicostatus (Broun, 1909; as Gathocles); labels; 149–150) Lectotype, Heterargus pallens (Broun, 1914; as Protarphius); labels; 151–152) Lectotype, Heterargus parallelus Broun, 1914; labels; 153) Lectotype, Heterargus posticalis (Broun, 1909; as Protarphius).