Bitoma brouni ( Hetschko, 1928 )

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 : 14-15

Bitoma brouni ( Hetschko, 1928)

( Figs. 46–47 )

Bitoma brouni ( Hetschko, 1928: 141; as Ditoma ). Replacement name for Bitoma obsoleta Broun 1914b: 176 , preoccupied by Bitoma obsoleta Grouvelle, 1903: 182 . Hetschko 1930: 16. Maddison 2010: 426.

Bitoma obsoleta Broun : Hudson 1923: 369.

Type locality: Rakaia Gorge, near Methven. Broun number: 3544.

Remarks: Broun based his Bitoma obsoleta on a single specimen collected on 1 November, 1912. This was given the replacement name Bitoma brouni ( Hetschko, 1928: 142; as Ditoma ).

Type material examined: Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 3544. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Rakaia. 1.11.1912. [in Broun’s hand] // Bitoma obsoleta - [in Broun’s hand]”.

Figures

FIGURES 46–54. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 46–47) Holotype, Bitoma brouni Hetschko, 1928 (repl. name for Bitoma obsoleta Broun, 1914); labels; 48–49) Lectotype, Bitoma costicollis (Reitter, 1880; as Phormesa); labels; 50–51) Lectotype, Bitoma discoidea Broun, 1880; 52–54) Lectotype, Bitoma distans Sharp, 1876; card-mount; labels.