Pycnomerus impressus Broun, 1893

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 : 69

Pycnomerus impressus Broun, 1893

( Figs. 375–376 )

Pycnomerus impressus Broun, 1893b: 1094, 1444 . Hutton 1904: 171. Broun 1909a: 394. Hudson 1923: 370. Hetschko 1930: 62. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Hermitage , Mount Cook .

Broun number: 1946.

Remarks: Broun did not mention the number of specimens examined. We located one specimen in the BMNH Broun collection matching the type locality. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype is here designated from the material of Pycnomerus impressus .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 1946. [in Broun’s hand] // Hermitage Mt. Cook. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Pycnomerus impressus [in Broun’s hand]”.

Figures

FIGURES 370–378. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Pycnomerini. 370–372) Lectotype, Pycnomerus helmsi Sharp, 1886; card-mount; labels; 373–374) Holotype, Pycnomerus hirtus Broun, 1886; labels 375–376) Lectotype, Pycnomerus impressus Broun, 1893; labels; 377–378) Holotype, Pycnomerus lateralis Broun, 1886; labels.