Pycnomerus simulans 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 : 74

Pycnomerus simulans Sharp, 1876

( Figs. 408–410 )

Pycnomerus simulans Sharp, 1876: 25 . Sharp 1877c: 397 (reprinted from Sharp 1876). Broun 1880: 209. Sharp 1886: 388. Broun 1893b: 1443. Hutton 1904: 171. Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 63. Maddison 2010: 426.

Penthelispa simulans: Reitter 1880c: 175 .

Type locality: Tairua.

Broun number: 369.

Remarks: Sharp did not mention the number of specimens examined. None of the other specimens labeled by Sharp as Pycnomerus simulans matched the type locality (as most were labeled from localities in the South Island), therefore, we decided to recognize two specimens without specific geographic data as syntypes. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and paralectotype are here designated from the material of Pycnomerus simulans .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): mounted on same card as paralectotype, left specimen is the lectotype, “ Pycnomerus simulans 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): mounted on same card as lectotype, right specimen is a paralectotype, labels same as lectotype .

Figures

FIGURES 406–414. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Pycnomerini. 406–407) Holotype, Pycnomerus simplex Broun, 1880; labels; 408–410) Lectotype, Pycnomerus simulans Sharp, 1876; card-mount; labels; 411–412) Lectotype, Pycnomerus sinuatus Broun, 1893; labels; 413–414) Lectotype, Pycnomerus sulcatissimus (Reitter, 1880; as Penthelispa); labels.