Contacyphon mckerrowi (Broun, 1895)

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 39

Contacyphon mckerrowi (Broun, 1895)

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Cyphon McKerrowi Broun 1895: 237 . Cyphon Mackerrowi Broun : Pic 1914: 32 (catalogue). Gen. nr. Cyphon mackerrowi Broun : Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue). Contacyphon mckerrowi: Zwick et al. 2013: 343 .

Type locality. Waiorongamai [sic, Waiorongomai].

Broun number: 2820.

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], “2820” [in Broun’s hand], “Waiorongamai“ [in Broun’s hand], New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ Cyphon \ M c Kerrowi” [in Broun’s hand], “Holotype \ Cyphon mackerrowi \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand].

Remarks. The species was collected from Waiorongomai, 4 miles from Te Aroha (Broun 1895). There is no indication of number of specimens examined in the original description. According to Nyholm (2000) this species belongs to an undescribed genus.

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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.