Tarphiomimus tuberculatus Broun, 1912

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 : 63

Tarphiomimus tuberculatus Broun, 1912

( Figs. 335–336 )

Tarphiomimus tuberculatus Broun, 1912: 417 . Hudson 1923: 368. Hetschko 1930: 35. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Mount Greenland, near Ross .

Broun number: 3221.

Remarks: Broun did not mention the number of specimens examined. Only two specimens were located in the BMNH Broun collection. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and paralectotype are here designated from the material of Tarphiomimus tuberculatus .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 3221. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Mount Greenland. [in Broun’s hand] // Tarphiomimus tuberculatus . [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): mounted venter-up, “3221 [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Mount Greenland. [in Broun’s hand] // Tarphiomimus tuberculatus . [in Broun’s hand]” .

Figures

FIGURES 334–342. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini and Pycnomerini. 334) Lectotype labels, Tarphiomimus indentatus Wollaston, 1873; 335–336) Lectotype, Tarphiomimus tuberculatus Broun, 1912; labels; 337–339) Lectotype, Tarphiomimus wollastoni Sharp, 1882; card-mount; labels; 340–341) Lectotype, Pycnomerodes peregrinus Broun, 1886; labels; 342) Holotype, Pycnomerus angulatus Broun, 1893.