Heterargus rudis Sharp, 1886

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 rudis Sharp, 1886

( Figs. 155–157 )

Heterargus rudis Sharp, 1886: 384 , pl. 12, fig. 17. Broun 1893b: 1086 (reprinted excerpt of Sharp 1886: 384). Hutton 1904: 169. Broun 1909a: 389. Broun 1914a: 97. Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 48. Ivie and Ślipiński 1990: 11. Ślipiński and Lawrence 1997: 387. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Greymouth.

Broun number: 1935.

Remarks: Sharp did not mention the number of specimens examined. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and eight paralectotypes are here designated from the material of Heterargus rudis .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): mounted on same card as one paralectotype, left specimen is the lectotype, “ Heterargus rudis Types D.S. N. Zealand. Greymouth. Helms. [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Type [round label with red border] // Greymouth, New Zealand. [red underline] Helms. // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.” Paralectotype ( BMNH): mounted on same card as lectotype, right specimen is a paralectotype, labels same as lectotype . Paralectotypes ( BMNH): 2, mounted on same card and pin, right specimen mounted venter-up, “ Heterargus rudis D.S. Greymouth NZd Helms. [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Greymouth, New Zealand. [red underline] Helms. // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.” Paralectotype ( BMNH): “ Heterargus rudis D.S. Greymouth NZd Helms 1883 [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // I 17 [handwritten] // Greymouth, New Zealand. [red underline] Helms. // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.” Paralectotypes ( BMNH): 2, mounted on same card and pin, Heterargus rudis D.S. Greymouth N.Zd [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand]” . Paralectotypes ( BMNH): 2, mounted venter-up on same card and pin, Heterargus rudis D.S. Greymouth [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] ”.

Figures

FIGURES 154–162. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 154) Lectotype labels, Heterargus posticalis (Broun, 1909; as Protarphius); 155–157) Lectotype, Heterargus rudis Sharp, 1886; card-mount; labels; 158–159) Lectotype, Heterargus ruficornis (Broun, 1893; as Protarphius); labels; 160–161) Holotype, Heterargus serricollis Broun, 1893; labels; 162) Holotype, Heterargus subaequus Broun, 1914.