Pristoderus undosus ( Broun, 1882 )

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 : 56-57

Pristoderus undosus ( Broun, 1882)

( Figs. 299–300 )

Dryptops undosus Broun, 1882: 293 . Broun 1886: 764 (reprinted from Broun 1882). Hudson 1923: 368. Hetschko 1930: 35. Hudson 1934: 59.

Dryptops undosis: Harris 2007: 29 . Misspeling, no taxonomic status.

Pristoderus undosus: Implied combination based on synonymy of Dryptops with Pristoderus in Ślipiński and Lawrence 1997: 406.

Pristoderus undosus: Maddison 2010: 426 .

Type locality: Outram [Taieri, Otago Region] .

Broun number: 1355.

Remarks: Broun mentioned that he based this species on two specimens, one having been returned to Sydney W. Fulton. No specimens were located in the BMNH bearing an “Outram” locality label, but two were located with a “Taieri” label (more or less the same locality as Outram), one of which bears a handwritten determination label. A third specimen is presumably in the Otago Museum (OM), Dunedin, which is noted as a holotype by Harris (2007). This specimen was not confirmed by us due to restricted loaning policy by the OM, and is not considered a syntype until it can be examined. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype is here designated from the material of Dryptops undosus .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 1355. [in Broun’s hand] // Taieri // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Dryptops undosus . [in Broun’s hand]”.

Figures

FIGURES 298–306. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 298) Holotype labels, Pristoderus tuberculatus (Broun, 1880; as Ulonotus); 299–300) Lectotype, Pristoderus undosus (Broun, 1882; as Dryptops); labels; 301–302) Holotype, Pristoderus uropterus (Broun, 1912; as Ulonotus); labels; 303–305) Lectotype, Pristoderus viridipictus (Wollaston, 1873; as Tarphiomimetes); card-mount; labels; 306) Lectotype, Pristoderus wakefieldi (Sharp, 1877; as Enarsus).