Pycnomerus simplex Broun, 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 : 73

Pycnomerus simplex Broun, 1880

( Figs. 406–407 )

Pycnomerus simplex Broun, 1880: 209 . Broun 1882: 295. Broun 1886: 767 (reprinted from Broun 1882). Hutton 1904: 171. Hudson 1923: 369. Hetschko 1930: 63. Watt 1982b: 303. Kuschel 1990: 33, 64. Maddison 2010: 426.

Type locality: Mount Manaia [Whangarei Heads] .

Broun number: 370.

Remarks: Broun based this species on a single specimen.

Type material examined: Holotype ( BMNH): card-mounted, “Type [round label with red border] // 370 [green label] // Manaia // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Pycnomerus simplex _ [in Broun’s hand]”.

Figures

FIGURES 406–414. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand Zopheridae: Pycnomerini. 406–407) Holotype, Pycnomerus simplex Broun, 1880; labels; 408–410) Lectotype, Pycnomerus simulans Sharp, 1876; card-mount; labels; 411–412) Lectotype, Pycnomerus sinuatus Broun, 1893; labels; 413–414) Lectotype, Pycnomerus sulcatissimus (Reitter, 1880; as Penthelispa); labels.