Ablabus nodosus Broun, 1886

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 nodosus Broun, 1886

( Figs. 20–21 )

Ablabus nodosus Broun, 1886: 894 . Broun 1893b: 1342. Hetschko 1930: 37. Maddison 2010: 426.

Notoulus nodosus: Hutton 1904: 168 . Hudson 1923: 368.

Type locality: Hooper’s Inlet; near Dunedin [Otago Region] .

Broun number: 1594.

Remarks: Broun mentioned that he based this species on a specimen from Hooper’s Inlet and “2 or 3” others from near Dunedin. Two specimens from Dunedin and Otago, respectively, were located in the BMNH. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and paralectotype are here designated from the material of Ablabus nodosus .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 1594 [in Broun’s hand] // Otago // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Notoulus nodosus . [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): “1594. [in Broun’s hand] // Dunedin // 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.