Eupines piciceps ( 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 : 272

Eupines piciceps ( Broun, 1880)

( Figs 73–74 )

Bryaxis piciceps Broun, 1880: 127 . Schaufuss 1888: 30. Eupines (Eupines) piciceps : combination and subgeneric assignment by Raffray 1904: 205. Raffray 1911: 81, 1924: 157; Hudson 1923: 364, 1934: 182; Nomura & Leschen 2006: 254; Maddison 2010: 417.

Type locality: [CL] Tairua.

Broun number: 233.

Notes: Broun collected two specimens in Tairua, with both being located in the BMNH Broun collection, but they are females. Subgeneric assignment is not made for this species. To stabilize this name, a lectotype and a paralectotype are here designated for Bryaxis piciceps . The original identification label was written as Eupines , but the original combination was published under Bryaxis .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): ‘Type [round label with red border] // 233 // Tairua // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922––482. // Eupines piciceps [in Broun’s hand] ’. Paralectotype ( BMNH): ‘233 // Tairua // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922––482. // Eupines piciceps [in Broun’s hand] ’.

Figures

FIGURES 73–78. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand genera of Goniaceritae and their extralimital species. 73–74) Lectotype, Eupines piciceps (Broun, 1880); labels.