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Chorasus costicollis

Description

Chorasus costicollis (Broun, 1893)

(Figs. 91–92)

Vitiacus costicollis Broun, 1893b: 1442. Hutton 1904: 169. Broun 1921a: 529. Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 48. Chorasus costicollis: Implied combination based on synonymy of Vitiacus with Chorasus in Ślipiński and Lawrence 1997: 368. Chorasus costicollis: Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Capleston.

Broun number: 2501.

Remarks: Broun based this species on a single specimen.

Type material examined: Holotype (BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 2501. [in Broun’s hand] // Capleston Westland // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Vitiacus costicollis [in Broun’s hand]”.

Notes

Published as part of Lord, Nathan P. & Leschen, Richard A. B., 2014, Illustrated Catalogue and Type Designations of the New Zealand Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 3809 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3809.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4918362

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH
Family
Zopheridae
Genus
Chorasus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Broun
Species
costicollis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Chorasus costicollis (Broun, 1893) sec. Lord & Leschen, 2014

References

  • Broun, T. (1893 b) Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Government Printer, Wellington. Parts V - VII: XVII + 975 - 1504.
  • Hutton, F. W. (1904) Index Faunae Novae Zealandiae. Dulau & Co., London, 372 pp.
  • Broun, T. (1921 a) Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Part VI. Bulletin of the New Zealand Institute, 1, 475 - 590.
  • Hudson, G. V. (1923) An index of New Zealand beetles. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 54 [1922], 353 - 399.
  • Hetschko, A. (1930) Coleopterorum Catalogueus, pars 107, Colydiidae. Vol 15. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 1 - 124.
  • Slipinski, S. A. & Lawrence, J. F. (1997) Genera of Colydiinae (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) of the Australo-Pacific region. Annales Zoologici, 47 (3 / 4), 341 - 440.
  • Maddison, P. M. (2010) Checklist of New Zealand Hexapoda. Order Coleoptera. [Chapter] NINE: Phylum Arthropoda: Subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. In: Gordon, D. P. (Ed.), New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Vol. 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand, pp. 233 - 467