Contacyphon rectangulus (Broun, 1883)

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 47-48

Contacyphon rectangulus (Broun, 1883)

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Cyphon rectangulus Broun 1883: 369 . Broun 1886: 777 (reprinted excerpt of Broun 1883). Pic 1914: 35 (catalogue, as Cyphon rectangulus Broun, 1886 ). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue). Contacyphon rectangulus: Zwick et al. 2013: 345 (as Contacyphon rectangulus (Broun, 1886)) .

Type locality. Near Whangarei Harbour.

Broun number: 1381.

Type material examined. 1 ex. Holotype (NHM): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “Holo- \ type” [round label with red border], “1381.” [in Broun’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “no line.” [in Broun’s hand], “ Cyphon \ rectangulus .“ [in Broun’s hand], “Holotype \ Cyphon rectangulus \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand].

Remarks. A single specimen was collected by Broun near Whangarei Harbour (Broun 1883).

Figures

FIGURE 11. Primary type specimens of New Zealand Scirtidae. A) Lectotype, Contacyphon oscillans (Sharp, 1878); B) Holotype, Contacyphon molestus (Broun, 1886); C) Lectotype, Contacyphon pachymerus (Broun, 1912); D) Lectotype, Contacyphon parviceps (Sharp, 1878); E) Lectotype, Contacyphon pauper (Broun, 1893); F) Holotype, Contacyphon pictulus (Sharp, 1878); G) Lectotype, Contacyphon plagiatus (Broun, 1886); H) Holotype, Contacyphon plumatellus (Broun, 1915); I) Lectotype, Contacyphon propinquus (Broun, 1883); J) Lectotype, Contacyphon pumilio (Sharp, 1878); K) Lectotype, Contacyphon rectalis (Broun, 1886); L) Holotype, Contacyphon rectangulus (Broun, 1883). Scale bar = 1 mm.