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Pycnomerus rufescens Broun 1882

Description

Pycnomerus rufescens Broun, 1882

(Figs. 402–403)

Pycnomerus rufescens Broun, 1882: 295. Broun 1886: 766 (reprinted from Broun 1882). Broun 1893b: 1444. Hutton 1904: 171. Hudson 1923: 370. Hetschko 1930: 63. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Parua Bay [near Whangarei Harbour].

Broun number: 1358.

Remarks: Broun based this species on a single specimen.

Type material examined: Holotype (BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 1358. [in Broun’s hand] // Parua // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Pycnomerus rufescens. [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 73, 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
Pycnomerus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Broun
Species
rufescens
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Pycnomerus rufescens Broun, 1882 sec. Lord & Leschen, 2014

References

  • Broun, T. (1882) The New Zealand Carabidae. The New Zealand Journal of Science, 1 (6), 287 - 298. [Apparently an error in the title, the cover sheet of the journal lists the title as " On New Zealand Coleoptera ", pages 299 - 304 of the same article appeared in January 1883 in Vol. 1, No. 7.]
  • Broun, T. (1886) Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Government Printer, Wellington. Parts III and IV, 745 - 973 + XVII.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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