Illustrated Catalogue and Type Designations of the New Zealand Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)
Author
Lord, Nathan P.
Author
Leschen, Richard A. B.
text
Zootaxa
2014
2014-05-29
3809
1
1
127
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3809.1.1
1175-5326
4918362
F5CD8411-8D8E-49C4-BE8D-07747B1E356E
Ablabus pallidipictus
Broun, 1880
(
Figs. 24–25
)
Ablabus pallidipictus
Broun, 1880: 185
.
Hetschko 1930: 37
.
Maddison 2010: 426
.
Notoulus pallidipictus
:
Hutton 1904: 168
.
Hudson 1923: 368
.
Type
locality
:
Parua Bay
[vicinity ofWhangarei Harbour]
.
Broun number
: 327.
Remarks:
Broun mentioned that he based this species on
four specimens
from Whangarei Harbour, but only
two specimens
were located in the BMNH. In order to stabilize this name, a
lectotype
and
paralectotype
are
here designated
from the material of
Ablabus pallidipictus
.
Type material examined
:
Lectotype
(
BMNH
): mounted on acetate card with green strip at base, “Type [round label with red border] // 327. [green label] // Parua. [in Broun’s hand] //
New Zealand
. [red underline] Broun
Coll. Brit. Mus.
1922-482. //
Notoulus pallidipictus
[in Broun’s hand]”
.
Paralectotype
(
BMNH
): “327. [green label] // Parua //
New Zealand
. [red underline] Broun
Coll. Brit. Mus.
1922-482.”