Mesocyphon divergens Sharp, 1878

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 61-62

Mesocyphon divergens Sharp, 1878

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Mesocyphon divergens Sharp 1878: 51 . Broun 1880: 318 (reprinted excerpt of Sharp 1878). Broun 1893: 1142 (occurrence on Mount Arthur, dark colored specimens). Pic 1914: 28 (catalogue). Nyholm 1972: 93, 96–97 (drawing of aedeagus). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 421 (catalogue).

Type locality. Otira , West Coast.

Broun number: 575.

Type material examined. 3 exx. Syntype ( NHM): card-mounted, “ Mesocyphon diver- \ gens. var. D. S. \ Otira, Wakefield.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.” Syntype ( NHM): cardmounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “ Mesocyphon diver- \ gens, Ind. typ. \D. S. \ West coast. Wakefield.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Mesocy- \ phon \ divergens \ ♂ ” [handwritten on genitalia slide], “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.”, “ M. divergens ” [handwritten]. Syntype ( NHM): cardmounted, “ Mesocyphon diver- \ gens, Type D. S. \ West coast. Wakefield” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “ Type ” [round label with red border], “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.”

Remarks. The species was collected by Wakefield in Otira pass and on the west coast of the South Island (Sharp 1878).

Figures

FIGURE 14. Primary type specimens of New Zealand Scirtidae. A) Syntype, Cyprobius terrenus Broun, 1895; B) Syntype, Cyprobius undulatus Broun, 1883; C) Syntype, Mesocyphon bifoveatus Broun, 1914; D) Holotype, Mesocyphon capito Broun, 1914; E) Syntype, Mesocyphon divergens Sharp, 1878; F) Syntype, Mesocyphon granulatus Broun, 1886; G) Syntype, Mesocyphonhalli Broun, 1914; H) Syntype, Mesocyphonlateralis Broun, 1914;I)Syntype,Mesocyphon laticeps Broun,1893; J) Syntype, Mesocyphon longicornis Broun, 1914; K) Syntype, Mesocyphon mandibularis Broun, 1912; L) Syntype, Mesocyphon marmoratus Sharp, 1878. Scale bar = 1 mm.