Syncalus optatus Sharp, 1876

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 : 61

Syncalus optatus Sharp, 1876

( Figs. 324–326 )

Syncalus optatus Sharp, 1876: 21 . Sharp 1877c: 394 (reprinted from Sharp 1876). Broun 1880: 201. Hutton 1904: 170. Broun 1923: 686. Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 57. Kuschel 1990: 33, 64. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Auckland .

Broun number: 359.

Remarks: Sharp based this species on a single “mutilated” specimen.

Type material examined: Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted [missing tarsomeres on the prolegs and right meso- and metalegs], “ Syncalus optatus Type N. Zeal d. D.S. [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Type [round label with red border] // Sharp Coll. 1905-313.”

Figures

FIGURES 316–324. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 316) Holotype labels, Syncalus granulatus (Broun, 1880; as Acosmetus); 317–319) Holotype, Syncalus hystrix Sharp, 1876; card-mount; labels; 320–321) Lectotype, Syncalus munroi Broun, 1893; labels; 322–323) Lectotype, Syncalus oblongus (Broun, 1880; as Acosmetus); labels; 324) Holotype, Syncalus optatus Sharp, 1876.

FIGURES 325–333. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 325–326) Holotype cardmount; labels, Syncalus optatus Sharp, 1876; 327–328) Holotype, Syncalus piciceps Broun, 1893; labels; 329–330) Holotype, Syncalus politus Broun, 1880; labels; 331–332) Lectotype, Syncalus solidus Broun, 1923; labels; 333) Lectotype, Tarphiomimus indentatus Wollaston, 1873.