Pristoderus lawsoni ( Wollaston, 1873 )

Lord, Nathan P. & Leschen, Richard A. B., 2014, Illustrated Catalogue and Type Designations of the New Zealand Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), Zootaxa 3809 (1), pp. 1-127 : 51-52

Pristoderus lawsoni ( Wollaston, 1873)

( Figs. 268–269 )

Tarphiomimetes lawsoni Wollaston, 1873: 11 . Sharp 1877b: 268. Sharp 1877c: 391 (reprinted from Sharp 1876). Broun 1880: 189. Ivie and Ślipiński 1990: 9.

Ulonotus lawsoni: Sharp 1876: 18 . Broun 1886: 949. Hutton 1904: 168. Hudson 1923: 368. Hetschko 1930: 38.

Pristoderus lawsoni: Implied combination based on Ulonotus as a junior synonym of Pristoderus in Ivie and Ślipiński 1990: 9. Pristoderus lawsoni: Maddison 2010: 426 .

Type locality: Auckland .

Broun number: 337.

Remarks: Wollaston did not mention the number of specimens examined. Sharp (1876: 18) moved this species to the genus Ulonotus . Ivie and Ślipiński (1990: 9) also designated this species as the type species for the genus Tarphiomimetes Wollaston. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype is here designated from a single specimen we believe is the type of Tarphiomimetes lawsoni .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Sharp Coll. 1905-313. // Tarphiomimetes Lawsoni, Woll. (Nov. Zealandia) [in Wollaston’s hand]”.

Figures

FIGURES 262–270. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 262–263) Lectotype, Pristoderus insignis (Broun, 1880; as Ulonotus); labels; 264–265) Holotype, Pristoderus integratus (Broun, 1886; as Ulonotus); labels; 266–267) Lectotype, Pristoderus isostictus (Broun, 1886; as Ulonotus); labels; 268–269) Lectotype, Pristoderus lawsoni (Wollaston, 1873; as Tarphiomimetes); labels; 270) Lectotype, Pristoderus philpotti (Broun, 1914; as Ulonotus).