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Epistranus fulvus Reitter 1880

Description

Epistranus fulvus Reitter, 1880

(Figs. 110–111)

Epistranus fulvus Reitter, 1880c: 174. Broun 1910b: 37. Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 52. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Greymouth.

Broun number: 3083.

Remarks: Reitter did not mention the number of specimens examined. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and five paralectotypes are here designated from the material of Epistranus fulvus.

Type material examined: Lectotype (MNHN): card-mounted [card with two black lines near base], “Now. Zeeland Helms Reitter. [label bordered with thin black line] // Epistra- nus fulvus m. [in Reitter’s hand] // Epistranus fulvus Reitter, LECTOTYPE, design. By R. Leschen 2009 [red label] // Epistranus fulvus Reit. [red label, in S.A. Ślipiński’s hand]”. Paralectotypes (MNHN): 2, individually mounted on separate cards and pins [card with three black lines near base, middle line thicker], with identical labels, “Now. Zeeland Helms Reitter. [label bordered with thin black line] // Epistranus fulvus Reitter PARALECTOTYPE design. By R. LESCHEN 2009 [blue label]”. Paralectotypes (MNHN): 2, individually mounted on separate cards and pins [card with two black lines near base], with identical labels, “Now. Zeeland Helms Reitter. [label bordered with thin black line] // Epistranus fulvus Reitter PARALECTOTYPE design. By R. LESCHEN 2009 [blue label]”. Paralectotype (MNHN): card-mounted [card without black lines], “Now. Zeeland Helms Reitter. [label bordered with thin black line] // Epistranus fulvus Reitter PARALECTOTYPE design. By R. LESCHEN 2009 [blue label]”.

Notes

Published as part of Lord, Nathan P. & Leschen, Richard A. B., 2014, Illustrated Catalogue and Type Designations of the New Zealand Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 3809 (1) on pages 23-24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3809.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4918362

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MNHN, R
Family
Zopheridae
Genus
Epistranus
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
LESCHEN 2009
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Reitter
Species
fulvus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype , paralectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Epistranus fulvus Reitter, 1880 sec. Lord & Leschen, 2014

References

  • Reitter, E. (1880 c) Beitrage zur Kaferfauna von New-Zeeland. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brunn, 18, 165 - 183.
  • Broun, T. (1910 b) Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. [Part I]. Bulletin of the New Zealand Institute, 1, 1 - 78.
  • Hudson, G. V. (1923) An index of New Zealand beetles. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 54 [1922], 353 - 399.
  • Hetschko, A. (1930) Coleopterorum Catalogueus, pars 107, Colydiidae. Vol 15. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 1 - 124.
  • Maddison, P. M. (2010) Checklist of New Zealand Hexapoda. Order Coleoptera. [Chapter] NINE: Phylum Arthropoda: Subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. In: Gordon, D. P. (Ed.), New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Vol. 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand, pp. 233 - 467