Anabaxis foveolata ( Broun, 1880 )

Shen, Jia-Wei & Leschen, Richard A. B., 2019, Catalogue and type designations for New Zealand Goniaceritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), Zootaxa 4614 (2), pp. 255-302 : 258

Anabaxis foveolata ( Broun, 1880)

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Euplectus foveolata Broun, 1880: 143 . Raffray 1924: 154; Hudson 1923: 266, 1934: 185.

Bryaxis euplectoides Broun, 1893a: 1045 .

Anabaxis euplectoides: Synonymized by Kuschel 1990: 76. Type locality: [AK] near Howick. Broun number: 1869.

Anabaxis foveolata: Combination by Kuschel 1990: 76. Nomura & Leschen 2006: 257; Maddison 2010: 417; Shen and Leschen 2018: 538 .

Type locality: [CL] Tairua.

Broun number: 263.

Type depository: BMNH LT ♂ .

Notes: Shen and Leschen (2018) designated the lectotype for A. foveolata with one male and one female syntype not being located in the primary collections ( BMNH Broun collection, BMNH main collection and NZAC). Broun mentioned that he had three examples for Bryaxis euplectoides . Two specimens in the BMNH main collection and one specimen in the NZAC matching the locality data of Bryaxis euplectoides were located and are here designated to be the lectotype and the two paralectotypes for Bryaxis euplectoides . There are four additional specimens in the BMNH main collection with labels in Broun’s hand, but do not match the locality, and are not considered to be part of the syntype series of Bryaxis euplectoides . The original identification label was written as Anabaxis , but the original combination was published under Bryaxis . After examination, Bryaxis euplectoides is confirmed to be the junior synonym of A. foveolata .

Type material of Bryaxis euplectoides examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): ‘Type [round label with red border] // 1869. [in Broun’s hand] // Howick // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922––482. // Anabaxis euplectoides [in Broun’s hand] ’. Paralectotype ( BMNH): 1, ‘1869. ♂ [in Broun’s hand] // Howick // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922––482. // Anabaxis euplectoides [in Broun’s hand] ’. Paralectotype ( NZAC): 1, ‘ Howick // 1869. [in Broun’s hand] // T. Broun Collection // A. E. Brookes Collection’ .

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand genera of Goniaceritae and their extralimital species. 1–2) Holotype, Anabaxis minor Broun, 1921a; labels.