Ablabus longipes (Broun, 1914)

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 : 9

Ablabus longipes (Broun, 1914)

( Figs. 18–19 )

Notoulus longipes Broun, 1914b: 176 . Hudson 1923: 368. Hetschko 1930: 37.

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

Type locality: Hump Ridge, near Invercargill.

Broun number: 3543.

Remarks: Broun mentioned that he based this species on two specimens collected in February, 1912. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and paralectotype are here designated from the material of Notoulus longipes .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 3543. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Hump Ridge. Feby. 1912. [in Broun’s hand] // Notoulus longipes [in Broun’s hand]” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): mounted venter-up, “3543. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Hump Ridge Feby. 1912. [in Broun’s hand] // Notoulus longipes . [in Broun’s hand]” .

Figures

FIGURES 10–18. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 10–11) Holotype, Ablabus facetus (Broun, 1893; as Notoulus); labels; 12–13) Holotype, Ablabus fervidulus Broun, 1880; labels; 14–15) Lectotype, Ablabus libentus (Broun, 1886) (as Notoulus); labels; 16–17) Holotype, Ablabus lobifer (Broun, 1909; as Symphysius); labels; 18) Lectotype, Ablabus longipes (Broun, 1914; as Notoulus).

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.