Epistranus sharpi Reitter, 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 : 25-26

Epistranus sharpi Reitter, 1880

( Figs. 123–124 )

Epistranus sharpi Reitter, 1880c: 173 . Broun 1910b: 37. Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 52. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Greymouth.

Broun number: 3082.

Remarks: Reitter did not mention the number of specimens examined. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and eight paralectotypes are here designated from the material of Epistranus sharpi .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( MNHN): card-mounted, “Now. Zeeland Helms Reitter. [label bordered with thin black line] // Epistranus Sharpi m. [in Reitter’s hand] // Epistranus sharpi Reitter , LECTOTYPE, design.

By R. Leschen 2009 [red label] // Epistranus Sharpi Rtt [red label, in S.A. Ślipiński’s hand]”. Paralectotypes ( MNHN): 3, individually mounted on separate cards and pins [card with two black lines near base], with identical labels, “Now. Zeeland Helms Reitter. [label bordered with thin black line] // Epistranus sharpi Reitter PARALECTOTYPE design. By R. LESCHEN 2009 [blue label]” . Paralectotypes ( MNHN): 4, individually mounted on separate cards and pins [card with three black lines near base, middle line thicker], with identical labels, “Now. Zeeland Helms Reitter. [label bordered with thin black line] // Epistranus sharpi Reitter PARALECTOTYPE design. By R. LESCHEN 2009 [blue label]” . Paralectotype ( MNHN): 1, card-mounted [card with three black lines near base, middle line thicker], “ Epistranus sharpi Reitter PARALECTOTYPE design. By R. LESCHEN 2009 [blue label]” .

Figures

FIGURES 118–126. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 118) Holotype labels, Epistranus lawsoni (Sharp, 1876; as Epistrophus); 119–120) Lectotype, Epistranus optabilis Broun, 1893; labels; 121–122) Lectotype, Epistranus parvus Broun, 1886; labels 123–124) Lectotype, Epistranus sharpi Reitter, 1880; labels; 125–126) Holotype, Epistranus valens Broun, 1881; labels.