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Pycnomerus ellipticus Broun 1880

Description

Pycnomerus ellipticus Broun, 1880

(Figs. 364–365)

Pycnomerus ellipticus Broun, 1880: 210. Broun 1882: 295. Broun 1886: 767 (reprinted from Broun 1882). Broun 1886: 896, 927. Hutton 1904: 171. Hudson 1923: 370. Hetschko 1930: 62. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Tairua.

Broun number: 372.

Remarks: Broun based this species on a single specimen.

Type material examined: Holotype (BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 372 [green label] // Tairua [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Pycnomerus ellipticus [in Broun’s hand]”.

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 page 67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3809.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4918362

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH
Scientific name authorship
Broun
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Zopheridae
Genus
Pycnomerus
Species
ellipticus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Pycnomerus ellipticus Broun, 1880 sec. Lord & Leschen, 2014

References

  • Broun, T. (1880) Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Government Printer, Wellington, Part I: XIX + 1 - 651 + VIII.
  • Broun, T. (1882) The New Zealand Carabidae. The New Zealand Journal of Science, 1 (6), 287 - 298. [Apparently an error in the title, the cover sheet of the journal lists the title as " On New Zealand Coleoptera ", pages 299 - 304 of the same article appeared in January 1883 in Vol. 1, No. 7.]
  • Broun, T. (1886) Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Government Printer, Wellington. Parts III and IV, 745 - 973 + XVII.
  • Hutton, F. W. (1904) Index Faunae Novae Zealandiae. Dulau & Co., London, 372 pp.
  • 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