Bitoma insularis White, 1846

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 : 16

Bitoma insularis White, 1846

( Figs. 59–61 )

Bitoma insularis White, 1846: 18 . Sharp 1876: 18, 26. Sharp 1877c: 391, 399 (reprinted from Sharp 1876). Broun 1880: 192. Hutton 1904: 169. Broun 1912: 420. Hudson 1923: 368. Hetschko 1930: 18. Hudson 1934: 59. Kuschel 1990: 33, 63. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Port Nicholson .

Broun number: 343.

Remarks: White did not mention the number of specimens examined. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and paralectotype are here designated from the material of Bitoma insularis .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): mounted on same card as paralectotype, left specimen is the lectotype, “Type [round label with red border] // Port. Nicholson N. Zealand [dark green label with black border, in White’s hand] // 67. 78- [round blue label, handwritten] // Bitoma insularis White. Zool. Ereb & Terro [handwritten]” . Paralectotype ( BMNH): mounted on same card as lectotype, right specimen is a paralectotype, mounted on right side and missing head and prothorax, labels same as lectotype .

Figures

FIGURES 55–63. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Synchitini. 55–56) Holotype, Bitoma distincta Broun, 1880; labels; 57–58) Holotype, Bitoma guttata Broun, 1886; labels; 59–61) Lectotype, Bitoma insularis White, 1846; labels; 62–63) Holotype, Bitoma lobata Broun, 1886; labels.