Pycnomerus ellipticus Broun, 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 : 67

Pycnomerus ellipticus Broun, 1880

( Figs. 364–365 )

Pycnomerus ellipticus Broun, 1880: 210 . Broun 1882: 295. Broun 1886: 767 (reprinted from Broun 1882). Broun 1886: 896, 927. Hutton 1904: 171. Hudson 1923: 370. Hetschko 1930: 62. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Tairua.

Broun number: 372.

Remarks: Broun based this species on a single specimen.

Type material examined: Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 372 [green label] // Tairua [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Pycnomerus ellipticus [in Broun’s hand]”.

Figures

FIGURES 361–369. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Pycnomerini. 361–363) Lectotype, Pycnomerus sophorae Sharp, 1876, jr. syn. of Pycnomerus depressiusculus; card-mount; labels 364–365) Holotype, Pycnomerus ellipticus Broun, 1880; labels; 366–367) Holotype, Pycnomerus elongellus Broun, 1893; labels; 368–369) Holotype, Pycnomerus frontalis Broun, 1893; labels.