Parepierus brunneus ( Broun, 1881 ) Leschen & Ôhara, 2017

Leschen, Richard A. B. & Ôhara, Masahiro, 2017, Phylogenetic Placement of Abraeus vividulus Broun and Notes on New Zealand Histeridae (Coleoptera), The Coleopterists Bulletin 71 (3), pp. 537-551 : 549

Parepierus brunneus ( Broun, 1881) , new combination

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Abraeus brunneus Broun 1881: 666 .

Notes. Broun (1881) described this species in the genus Abraeus , comparing it to A. brouni , and noted that it had two to three varieties based on “several specimens, obtained chiefly in the neighbourhood of Whangarei Harbour; and, quite recently, I received another from Mr. P. Stewart, of Wellington.” Upon examination of a single type specimen from the BMNH, it is clearly congeneric with species that Bickhardt (1913) and Mazur (1984) placed into Parepierus (type species: P. amandus Schmidt [ Indonesia and southeast Asia]), but this genus requires full revision, and the New Zealand species may eventually be described into a new genus (P. Kovarik, personal communication).

Type Material Examined. Lectotype ( BMNH; Fig. 8C ): card-mounted (sex undetermined, teneral), “1164. [olive-colored label] // Parua [in Broun’ s hand] // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922–482. // n. gen. near Acritus [in Broun’ s hand] // Hind tarsi 5-articul. [in Broun’ s hand] // Abraeus brunneus [in Broun’ s hand] // LECTOTYPE Abraeus brunneus Broun, 1881 designated by R. A.B. Leschen, 2016 [red label]” ( Fig. 8D ).

Figures

Fig. 8. Primary types and original labels pinned with Abraeus species. A, B) A. brouni, C, D) A. brunneus, E, F) A. vividulus.