Eupines (Byraxis) sylvicola ( Broun, 1884 )

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 : 275

Eupines (Byraxis) sylvicola ( Broun, 1884)

( Figs 91–92 )

Bryaxis sylvicola Broun, 1884: 238 .

Bryaxis sylvicola : redescription by Broun 1886: 919. Schaufuss 1888: 33.

Eupines (Byraxis) sylvicola : combination and subgeneric assignment by Raffray 1904: 208. Raffray 1911: 83, 1924: 157; Hudson 1923: 364, 1934: 183; Nomura & Leschen 2006: 255; Maddison 2010: 417.

Type locality: [AK] Paparoa bush, near Howick.

Broun number: 1645.

Notes: Broun mentioned that he found two specimens in the Paparoa bush. Both specimens from Paparoa in the BMNH Broun collection were located. There is an additional specimen in the BMNH main collection with labels in Broun’s hand, but lacks a locality label and is not considered being part of the syntype series. There are two specimens in the NZAC with labels in Brookes’ hand matching the locality data and nine specimens in the NZAC with labels in Brookes’ hand from different localities: all these are not considered to be syntypes. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and a paralectotype are here designated for Bryaxis sylvicola .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): ‘Type [round label with red border] // 1645 [in Broun’s hand] // ♂ [in Broun’s hand] // Paparoa // Bryaxis sylvicola [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922––482 .’. Paralectotype ( BMNH): 1, ‘1645 [in Broun’s hand] // ♂ [in Broun’s hand] // Paparoa // Bryaxis sylvicola [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922––482.’.

Figures

FIGURES 91–96. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand genera of Goniaceritae and their extralimital species. 91–92) Lectotype, Eupines (Byraxis) sylvicola (Broun, 1884); labels.