Notocoxelus helmsi (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 : 37

Notocoxelus helmsi (Reitter, 1880)

( Figs. 184–185 )

Coxelus helmsi Reitter, 1880c: 175 . Broun 1886: 949. Broun 1910b: 37. Broun 1914b: 178. Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 47.

Notocoxelus helmsi : transferred to Notocoxelus by Ślipiński and Lawrence, 1997: 404, 406, 436, fig. 478. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Greymouth.

Broun number: 3084.

Remarks: Reitter did not mention the number of specimens examined. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and 13 paralectotypes are here designated from the material of Coxelus helmsi .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( MNHN): card-mounted, “Now. Zeeland Helms Reitter. [label bordered with thin black line] // Lectotypus [red label] // Coxelus n sp. Helmsi m. Now. Zeeland [in Reitter’s hand] // Coxelus helmsi Reitter LECTOTYPE S.A. Ślipiński, 1997 // TYPE [red label] // Museum Paris ex. Coll. R. Oberthur [pink label]” . Paralectotypes ( MNHN): 8, 3 on same pin but card-mounted seperately, 5 card-mounted on separate cards and pins, cards with two thin black lines and one thick black line at base, “Now. Zeeland Helms Reitter. [label bordered with thin black line] // TYPE [red label] // Museum Paris ex. Coll. R. Oberthur [pink label] // Paralectotypus [light orange label] // Coxelus helmsi Reitter PARALECTOTYPE S.A. Ślipiński, 1997 ” . Paralectotypes ( MNHN): 2, individually mounted on separate cards and pins, cards with two thick black lines at base, “Now. Zeeland Helms Reitter. [label bordered with thin black line] // TYPE [red label] // Museum Paris ex. Coll. R. Oberthur [pink label] // Paralectotypus [light orange label] // Coxelus helmsi Reitter PARALECTOTYPE S.A. Ślipiński, 1997 ” . Paralectotypes ( MNHN): 2, individually mounted on separate cards and pins, cards with two thin black lines and one thick black line at base, “ EX. COLL. REITTER // TYPE [red label] // Museum Paris ex. Coll. R. Oberthur [pink label] // Paralectotypus [light orange label] // Coxelus helmsi Reitter PARALECTOTYPE S.A. Ślipiński, 1997 ” . Paralectotypes ( MNHN): 1, individually mounted on separate cards and pins, cards with one thin black line at base, “ EX. COLL. REITTER // TYPE [red label] // Museum Paris ex. Coll. R. Oberthur [pink label] // Paralectotypus [light orange label] // Coxelus helmsi Reitter PARALECTOTYPE S.A. Ślipiński, 1997 ” .

Figures

FIGURES 181–189. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 181) Lectotype labels, Notocoxelus elongatus (Broun, 1909; as Coxelus); 182–183) Lectotype, Notocoxelus graniceps (Broun, 1893; as Coxelus); labels; 184–185) Lectotype, Notocoxelus helmsi (Reitter, 1880; as Coxelus); labels; 186–187) Lectotype, Notocoxelus instabilis (Broun, 1914; as Coxelus); labels; 188–189) Lectotype, Notocoxelus longulus (Broun, 1893; as Coxelus); labels.