Eupines (Byraxis) crassicornides Newton, 2017

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 : 262

Eupines (Byraxis) crassicornides Newton, 2017

( Figs 19–20 )

Bryaxis crassicornis Broun, 1880: 129 .

Eupines (Byraxis) crassicornis : combination and subgeneric assignment by Raffray 1904: 207. Raffray 1911: 82, 1924: 157; Hudson 1923: 364, 1934: 182; Nomura & Leschen 2006: 254; Maddison 2010: 417.

Eupines (Byraxis) crassicornides Newton, 2017: 13 . New name for Bryaxis crassicornis Broun, 1880: 129 , preoccupied by Bryaxis crassicornis, Motschulsky, 1851: 492 .

Type locality: [CL] Tairua.

Broun number: 237.

Notes: Broun based this species on a single specimen that we have located in the BMNH Broun Collection and confirmed to be the holotype. The original identification label was written as Byraxis , but the original combination was published under Bryaxis .

Type material examined: Holotype ( BMNH): ‘Type [round label with red border] // 237 // Tairua [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922––482. // Byraxis ♂. crassicornis [in Broun’s hand]’.

Figures

FIGURES 19–24. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand genera of Goniaceritae and their extralimital species. 19–20) Holotype, Eupines (Byraxis) crassicornides Newton, 2017; labels.