Ablabus sparsus ( 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 : 12-13

Ablabus sparsus ( Broun, 1886)

( Figs. 35–36 )

Notoulus sparsus Broun, 1886: 947 . Hutton 1904: 168. Hudson 1923: 368. Hetschko, 1930: 37.

Ablabus sparsus: Implied combination based on Notoulus as an objective synonym of Ablabus in Ivie and Ślipiński 1990: 9. Ablabus sparsus: Maddison 2010: 426 .

Type locality: Stratford, base of Mount Egmont [Taranaki Region] .

Broun number: 1704.

Remarks: Broun did not mention the number of specimens examined. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and three paralectotypes are here designated from the material of Notoulus sparsus .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 1704. [in Broun’s hand] // Taranaki // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Notoulus sparsus . [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): “1704. [in Broun’s hand] // Taranaki // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482.” Paralectotypes ( NZAC): 2, individually mounted on separate cards and pins, with identical labels, “Stratford Taranaki [in Brookes’ hand] // 1704 [in Brookes’ hand] // Notoulus sparsus Broun [in Brookes’ hand] // T. Broun Collection // A.E. Brookes Collection ” .

Figures

FIGURES 28–36. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 28–29) Holotype, Ablabus scaber Broun, 1880; labels; 30–32) Lectotype, Ablabus sellatus (Sharp, 1886; as Bitoma); card-mount; labels; 33–34) Lectotype, Ablabus serratus (Broun, 1909; as Symphysius); labels; 35–36) Lectotype, Ablabus sparsus (Broun, 1886; as Notoulus); labels.