Contacyphon fuscifrons (Broun, 1893)

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 34

Contacyphon fuscifrons (Broun, 1893)

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Cyphon fuscifrons Broun 1893: 1144 . Pic 1914: 31 (catalogue). Gen. nr. Cyphon fuscifrons Broun : Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue). Contacyphon fuscifrons: Zwick et al. 2013: 341 .

Type locality. Mount Arthur.

Broun number: 2030.

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], “2030.” [in Broun’s hand], “Mount Arthur” [in Broun’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ Cyphon \ fuscifrons ” [in Broun’s hand], “Holotype \ Cyphon fuscifrons \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand].

Remarks. Broun (1893) studied a single specimen collected from Mount Arthur. According to Nyholm (2000) this species belongs to an undescribed genus.

Figures

FIGURE 9. Primary type specimens of New Zealand Scirtidae. A) Lectotype, Contacyphon aethiops (Broun, 1886); B) Holotype, Contacyphon amplus (Broun, 1880); C) Holotype, Contacyphon arduus (Sharp, 1878); D) Lectotype, Contacyphon brouni (Pic, 1913); E) Holotype, Contacyphon burrowsi (Broun, 1915); F) Holotype, Contacyphon cincticollis (Broun, 1915); G) Lectotype, Contacyphon deterius (Broun, 1914); H) Holotype, Contacyphon dilutus (Broun, 1886); I) Lectotype, Contacyphon discedens (Broun, 1893); J) Holotype, Contacyphon fuscifrons (Broun, 1893); K) Lectotype, Contacyphon genalis (Sharp, 1878); L) Holotype, Contacyphon crassus (Broun, 1886).Scale bar = 1 mm.