Mesocyphon bifoveatus Broun, 1914

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

Mesocyphon bifoveatus Broun, 1914

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Mesocyphon bifoveatus Broun 1914b: 189 . Macfarlane et al. 2011: 421 (catalogue).

Type locality. Hump Ridge.

Broun number: 3564.

Type material examined. 2 exx. Syntype (NHM): card-mounted, “3564” [in Broun’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “Hump. Ridge. \ Feby. 1912.” [in Broun’s hand], “ Mesocyphon \ bifoveatus ” [in Broun’s hand]. Syntype (NHM): card-mounted, same label data as above.

Remarks. Broun (1914b) studied two specimens collected from Hump Ridge, Southland, by A. Philpott.

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.