Contacyphon parviceps (Sharp, 1878)

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 43-44

Contacyphon parviceps (Sharp, 1878)

( Fig. 11D )

Cyphon parviceps Sharp 1878: 52 . Broun 1880: 320 (reprinted excerpt of Sharp 1878). Pic 1914: 34 (catalogue). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue). Contacyphon parviceps: Zwick et al. 2013: 345 .

Type locality. Auckland.

Broun number: 577.

Type material examined. 7 exx. Lectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, “ Cyphon parviceps \ Type D. S.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “Type \ H. T.” [round label with red border], “Auckland \ New Zealand. [red underline]”, “Auckland Broun” [handwritten], “Sharp Coll \ 1905-313.”, “Lectotype \ Cyphon parviceps \ Sharp \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, “ Cyphon parviceps \ Ind. typ. \ D. S.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “Auckland [red underline]\ New Zealand.”, “Auckland Broun” [handwritten], “Sharp Coll \ 1905-313.”, “Paralectotype \ Cyphon parviceps \ Sharp \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, “ Cyphon parviceps \ Ind. typ. \ D. S.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “Auckland [red underline] \ New Zealand.”, “Auckland Broun” [handwritten], “Sharp Coll \ 1905-313.”, “Paralectotype \ Cyphon parviceps \ Sharp \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotypes (NHM, here validated): 2 specimens (♂ & ♀) card-mounted, male genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “ Cyphon parviceps \ Ind. typ. D. S.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “Auckland [red underline] \ New Zealand.”, “Auckland Broun” [handwritten], “Sharp Coll \ 1905-313.”, “Paralectotypes \ Cyphon parviceps \ Sharp \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, “ Cyphon parviceps \ Ind. typ. D. S.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Tairua [red underline] \ New Zealand. \ Broun”, “Tairua Broun” [handwritten], “Sharp Coll \ 1905-313.” Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, “ Cyphon parviceps \ Ind. typ. \ D. S.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Tairua [red underline] \ New Zealand. \ Broun”, “Sharp Coll \ 1905-313.” Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “ Cyphon parviceps \ Ind. typ. \ D. S.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Tairua [red underline] \ New Zealand. \ Broun”, “Tairua Broun” [handwritten], “Sharp Coll \ 1905-313.”, “n. sp. \ not C. parviceps \ Sharp \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand].

Remarks. T. Broun sent several specimens collected in Auckland to D. Sharp (Sharp 1878).

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.