Startes sculpturata Broun, 1886

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 : 280

Startes sculpturata Broun, 1886

( Figs 113–114 )

Startes sculpturata Broun, 1886: 830 . Raffray 1904: 243, 1911: 105, 1924: 157; Hudson 1923: 364, 1934: 183; Kuschel 1990: 49; Nomura & Leschen 2006: 257; Maddison 2010: 417.

Type locality: [AK] Waitakerei Range.

Broun number: 1475.

Notes: Broun did not mention the number of specimens he examined. One specimen in the BMNH Broun collection and one specimen in the NZAC with labels in Brookes’ hand matching this locality were located and are considered to be syntypes. There is one additional specimen in the BMNH main collection labelled as “variant”, that we do not consider being part of the syntype series. All syntypes are females. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and a paralectotype are still here designated for Startes sculpturata .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): ‘Type [round label with red border] // 1475. [in Broun’s hand] // Waitakere // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922––482. // Startes sculpturata . [in Broun’s hand] ’. Paralectotype ( NZAC): ‘ Ex. Broun collection [in Brookes’ hand] // Waitakere Range, Auckland [in Brookes’ hand] // 1475. [in Brookes’ hand] // Startes sculpturata Broun [in Brookes’ hand] // T. Broun Collection // A. E. Brookes Collection’ .

Figures

FIGURES 109–114. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand genera of Goniaceritae and their extralimital species. 109–110) Holotype, simkinion prelaticum Park and Pearce, 1962; labels.