Ablabus ornatus Broun, 1880

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 : 10

Ablabus ornatus Broun, 1880

( Figs. 22–23 )

Ablabus ornatus Broun, 1880: 184 . Broun 1882: 292. Broun 1886: 763 (reprinted from Broun 1882). Hetschko 1930: 37. Ivie and Ślipiński 1990: 9. Ślipiński and Lawrence 1997: 351. Maddison 2010: 426.

Notoulus ornatus: Broun 1886: 947 . Hutton 1904: 168. Hudson 1923: 368.

Type locality: Mount Manaia [Whangarei Heads] .

Broun number: 326.

Remarks: Broun mentioned that he based this species on five specimens. Two specimens with similar localities were located at the BMNH. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and paralectotype are here designated from the material of Ablabus ornatus .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 326. [green label] // Manaia // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Notoulus ornatus [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): “326. [green label] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482.”

Figures

FIGURES 19–27. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 19) Lectotype labels, Ablabus longipes (Broun, 1914; as Notoulus). 20–21) Lectotype, Ablabus nodosus Broun, 1886; labels; 22–23) Lectotype, Ablabus ornatus Broun, 1880; labels; 24–25) Lectotype, Ablabus pallidipictus Broun, 1880; labels; 26–27) Holotype, Ablabus punctipennis Broun, 1880; labels.