Contacyphon ornatus (Broun, 1893)

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 41

Contacyphon ornatus (Broun, 1893)

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Cyphon ornatus Broun 1893: 1145 . Pic 1914: 33 (catalogue). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue). Contacyphon ornatus: Zwick et al. 2013: 344 .

Type locality. Waitakerei [sic, Waitakere] Range.

Broun number: 2032.

Type material examined. 2 exx. Lectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “2032” [in Broun’s hand], “Waitakerei”, “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ Cyphon \ ornatus ” [in Broun’s hand], “Lectotype \ Cyphon ornatus \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): ventrally card-mounted, “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “2032” [in Broun’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ Cyphon \ ornatus ” [handwritten], “Paralectotype \ Cyphon ornatus \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand].

Remarks. Broun (1893) examined an unknown number of specimens collected from the Waitakere Range and near Tuakau.

Figures

FIGURE 10. Primary type specimens of New Zealand Scirtidae. A) Lectotype, Contacyphon graniger (Sharp, 1878); B) Holotype, Contacyphon granulicollis (Broun, 1915); C) Holotype, Contacyphon huttoni (Sharp, 1878); D) Holotype, Contacyphon lateralis (Broun, 1886); E) Lectotype, Contacyphon laticeps (Sharp, 1878); F) Holotype, Contacyphon laticollis (Broun, 1886); G) Holotype, Contacyphon mckerrowi (Broun, 1895); H) Lectotype, Contacyphon nigritulus (Broun, 1893); I) Lectotype, Contacyphon nigropictus (Broun, 1886); J) Holotype, Contacyphon fulvicornis (Broun, 1893); K) Lectotype, Contacyphon signatus (Broun, 1886); L) Lectotype, Contacyphon ornatus (Broun, 1893).Scale bar = 1 mm.