Anabaxis electrica ( King, 1863 )

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 : 257

Anabaxis electrica ( King, 1863)

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Bryaxis electrica King, 1863: 48 .

Rybaxis electrica: Combination and redescription by Raffray 1900: 161.

Anabaxis minor Broun, 1921a: 519 . Synonymized by Kuschel 1990: 76. Raffray 1924: 137. Type locality: [NN] Mount Hope, near Nelson. Broun number: 4040.

Anabaxis electrica : combination by Kuschel 1990: 76. Nomura & Leschen 2006: 257; Maddison 2010: 417; Shen and Leschen 2018: 541 .

Rybaxis brevis Oke, 1928: 9 . Anabaxis brevis: Combination by Chandler 2001: 298. Shen and Leschen 2018: 535. Type locality: Warburton, Victoria, Australia. Type depository: MVMA LT ♂. New synonymy.

Type locality: Parramatta , Australia .

Type depository: AMS LT ♂, 3 PLT.

Notes: Shen and Leschen (2018) designated the lectotype and three paralectotypes for A. electrica and stated that A. minor may be a junior synonym of A. brevis . After comparing the male lectotype of A. electrica with the male lectotype of A. brevis , these two species were found to represent a single species and are synonymized above. One male and two females of A. brevis were located in the MVMA and are here designated to be the paralectotypes for Rybaxis brevis . These specimens are mounted on the same card with the lectotype, and we designate the three specimens on the right as the paralectotypes. We also located a single female specimen of A. minor in the BMNH main collection matching the locality data that we have confirmed to be the holotype. After examination, A. minor is confirmed to be a junior synonym of A. electrica .

Type material of Rybaxis brevis examined: Paralectotype ( MVMA): 3, mounted on the same card, ‘929 [unknown hand] , Holotype ♂ [printed], 931 Allotype ♀, 930 ♂ 932 ♀ Parat. [unknown hand, on red rectangular label] // WARBURTON, Vic [printed], 27.12. 25 [in Oke’s hand], C. Oke [printed]’ // Rybaxis brevis Oke type. [in Oke’s hand].

Type material of Anabaxis minor examined: Holotype ( BMNH): ‘Type [round label with red border] // 4040 [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922––482. // Mount Hope. 14-2-1015. [in Broun’s hand] // Anabaxis minor [in Broun’s hand]’.

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.