Pycnomerus minor Sharp, 1876

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 : 71

Pycnomerus minor Sharp, 1876

( Figs. 391–393 )

Pycnomerus minor Sharp, 1876: 25 . Sharp 1877c: 398 (reprinted from Sharp 1876). Broun 1880: 209. Broun 1882: 295. Sharp 1886: 388. Broun 1886: 766 (reprinted from Broun 1882). Broun 1893b: 1094. Hutton 1904: 171. Broun 1909a: 395. Broun 1910a: 293. Hudson 1923: 370. Hetschko 1930: 63. Kuschel 1990: 33, 64. Maddison 2010: 426.

Penthelispa minor: Reitter 1880c: 175 .

Type locality: Tairua

Broun number: 371.

Remarks: Sharp did not mention the number of specimens examined. Although no locality was explicitly given in the description, it is likely the specimen was from Tairua, as Sharp received specimens of other species from Tairua from Broun (listed in descriptions in same paper).

Three specimens labeled as types were located in the BMNH. Two card-mounted specimens labeled as “ Northland ” were also in the BMNH, but these are not considered as syntypes because the card-stock differs from the presumed syntypes. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and two paralectotypes are here designated from the material of Pycnomerus minor .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “ Pycnomerus minor . Type N. Zeal d. D.S. [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Type [round label with red border] // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.” Paralectotype ( BMNH): “ Pycnomerus minor . Ind. typ. D.S. [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.” Paralectotype ( BMNH): “ Pycnomerus minor . Ind. typ. N. Zeal d D.S. [written at base of card in Broun’s hand] // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.”

Figures

FIGURES 388–396. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Pycnomerini. 388) Holotype labels, Pycnomerus marginalis Broun, 1893; 389–390) Lectotype, Pycnomerus mediocris Broun, 1911; labels; 391–393) Lectotype, Pycnomerus minor Sharp, 1876; card-mount; labels; 394–395) Lectotype, Pycnomerus nitiventris Broun, 1903; labels; 396) Lectotype, Pycnomerus ocularius Broun, 1914.