Physobryaxis inflatus ( Sharp, 1874 )

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 : 278-279

Physobryaxis inflatus ( Sharp, 1874)

( Figs 105–106 )

Bryaxis inflata Sharp, 1874: 497 .

Bryaxis inflata : reprint from Sharp 1874 by Sharp 1876: 276.

Bryaxis inflata : redescription by Broun 1880: 124.

Physa inflata : combination by Raffray 1890 a: 122. Raffray 1904: 243, 1911: 105, 1924: 157.

Physobryaxis inflata : combination by Hetschko 1913: 182. Kuschel 1990: 49; Nomura & Leschen 2006: 256; Maddison 2010: 417.

Gastrobothrus inflata : misplacement by Hudson 1923: 364, 1934: 182.

Type locality: [AK] Auckland .

Broun number: 228.

Notes: Sharp did not mention the number of specimens he examined. Two specimens matching the locality data were in the BMNH main collection. There are two additional specimens in the same collection whose labels do not match the locality and are not considered to be part of the syntype series. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and a paralectotype are here designated for Bryaxis inflata . These two specimens are mounted on the same card, and we designate the specimen on the left as the lectotype, the right one as the paralectotype.

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): mounted on the same card and pin as the paralectotype, the left specimen is lectotype, ‘ ♂ ♂ [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand] // Type H. T. [round label with red border] // Auckland New Zealand. // Auckland, N.Z. [in Sharp’s hand] // Sharp Coll. 1905-313. // Bryaxis inflatus ♂ Type. D.S. [in Sharp’s hand] ’. Paralectotype ( BMNH): mounted venter-up on the same card and pin as lectotype, the right one is paralectotype, labels same as lectotype .

Figures

FIGURES 103–108. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand genera of Goniaceritae and their extralimital species. 103–104) Lectotype, Gastrobothrus sharpi (Broun, 1880); labels.