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
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Ablabus nodosus
Broun, 1886
(
Figs. 20–21
)
Ablabus nodosus
Broun, 1886: 894
.
Broun 1893b: 1342
.
Hetschko 1930: 37
.
Maddison 2010: 426
.
Notoulus nodosus
:
Hutton 1904: 168
.
Hudson 1923: 368
.
Type
locality
:
Hooper’s Inlet
; near
Dunedin
[
Otago Region
]
.
Broun number
: 1594.
Remarks:
Broun mentioned that he based this species on a specimen from Hooper’s Inlet and “2 or 3” others from near Dunedin. Two specimens from Dunedin and
Otago
, respectively, were located in the BMNH. In order to stabilize this name, a
lectotype
and
paralectotype
are
here designated
from the material of
Ablabus nodosus
.
Type material examined
:
Lectotype
(
BMNH
): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 1594 [in Broun’s hand] //
Otago
//
New Zealand
. [red underline] Broun
Coll. Brit. Mus.
1922-482. //
Notoulus nodosus
. [in Broun’s hand]”
.
Paralectotype
(
BMNH
): “1594. [in Broun’s hand] // Dunedin //
New Zealand
. [red underline] Broun
Coll. Brit. Mus.
1922-482.”