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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Pycnomerus mediocris
Broun, 1911
(
Figs. 389–390
)
Pycnomerus mediocris
Broun, 1911: 99
.
Hudson 1923: 370
.
Hetschko 1930: 63
.
Emberson 1998: 44
.
Maddison 2010: 426
.
Type
locality
: Pitt Island.
Broun number
: This species was listed as number
62 in
the paper, but this is not a “Broun number” in the standard sense.
Remarks:
Broun did not mention the number of specimens examined. There are
five specimens
in the BMNH
Chatham Islands
Broun Collection and one in the NZAC. There is an additional specimen in the NZAC that lacks the “62.” label, which we do not consider a
syntype
. In order to stabilize this name, a
lectotype
and
five paralectotypes
are
here designated
from the material of
Pycnomerus mediocris
.
Type material examined
:
Lectotype
(
BMNH
): card-mounted, “62. [in Broun’s hand] // Chatham Is. [red underline] Broun Coll. B.M. 1922-482. //
Pitt Island
. -
T
. Hall- [in Broun’s hand] //
Pycnomerus mediocris
_ [in Broun’s hand]”
.
Paralectotype
(
BMNH
): mounted venter-up, “62. [in Broun’s hand] //
New Zealand
. [red underline] Broun
Coll. Brit. Mus.
1922-482. // Pitt Isd. -
T
. Hall- [in Broun’s hand] //
Pycnomerus mediocris
. [in Broun’s hand]”
.
Paralectotypes
(
BMNH
): 3, individually mounted on separate cards and pins, with identical labels, “62. [in Broun’s hand] //
New Zealand
. [red underline] Broun
Coll. Brit. Mus.
1922-482. // Pitt Isd. -Hall- [in Broun’s hand]”
.
Paralectotype
(
NZAC
): card-mounted, “62. [in Broun’s hand] //
New Zealand
, [typed]
Chatham Is. Broun Coll.
[in
J.C Watt’s
hand] //
A.E. Brookes Collection
// [green label]
SYNTYPE
[typed]
Pycnomerus
mediocrus
Broun, 1911
[in
J.C Watt’s
hand]”
.