Pycnomerus sinuatus Broun, 1893

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 : 74

Pycnomerus sinuatus Broun, 1893

( Figs. 411–412 )

Pycnomerus sinuatus Broun, 1893b: 1094 . Hutton 1904: 171. Hudson 1923: 370. Hetschko 1930: 63. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Midhirst , near Mount Egmont .

Broun number: 1945.

Remarks: Broun did not mention the number of specimens examined. Two specimens were located in the BMNH Broun collection that matched this locality, and one was labeled as a variety. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype is here designated from the material of Pycnomerus sinuatus .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 1945. [in Broun’s hand] // Midhirst // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Pycnomerus sinuatus [in Broun’s hand]”.

Figures

FIGURES 406–414. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Pycnomerini. 406–407) Holotype, Pycnomerus simplex Broun, 1880; labels; 408–410) Lectotype, Pycnomerus simulans Sharp, 1876; card-mount; labels; 411–412) Lectotype, Pycnomerus sinuatus Broun, 1893; labels; 413–414) Lectotype, Pycnomerus sulcatissimus (Reitter, 1880; as Penthelispa); labels.