Bitoma picicornis Broun, 1909

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 : 18

Bitoma picicornis Broun, 1909

( Figs. 74–75 )

Bitoma picicorne Broun, 1909a: 385 . Hudson 1923: 369. May 1967: 178.

Bitoma picicornis: Broun 1914b: 177 . Hetschko 1930: 19. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Broken River .

Broun number: 2762 (as given in Broun 1914b: 177; May 1967: 178).

Remarks: Note that the female gender ending of the Latin “ picicorn- ” is formed as picicornis (as listed above). Broun based this species on a single specimen.

Type material examined: Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 2762. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Broken River . [in Broun’s hand] // Bitoma picicorne - [in Broun’s hand]”.

Figures

FIGURES 73–81. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 73) Holotype labels, Bitoma novella Hetschko, 1929 (repl. name for Bitoma maura Broun, 1912); 74–75) Holotype, Bitoma picicornis Broun, 1909; labels; 76–78) Lectotype, Bitoma rugosa Sharp, 1876; card-mount; labels; 79–80) Holotype, Bitoma scita Broun, 1886; labels; 81) Holotype, Bitoma serraticula Sharp, 1886.