Contacyphon deterius (Broun, 1914)

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 33

Contacyphon deterius (Broun, 1914)

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Cyphon deterius Broun 1914a: 107 . Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue). Contacyphon deterius: Zwick et al. 2013: 341 .

Type locality. Hump Ridge, Okaka.

Broun number: 3423.

Type material examined. 3 exx. Lectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “3423.” [in Broun’s hand], “Hump Ridge \ Feby - 1912.” [in Broun’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ Cyphon \ deterius ” [in Broun’s hand], “Lectotype \ Cyphon deterior [sic] \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “3423.” [in Broun’s hand], “Hump \ Ridge.” [in Broun’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ Cyphon \ deterius ” [in Broun’s hand], “Paralectotype \ Cyphon deterior [sic] \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): cardmounted, “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “3423.” [in Broun’s hand], “Hump R \ 3000’ \ 28.12.10 [handwritten], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “Paralectotype \ Cyphon deterior [sic] \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand].

Remarks. Broun studied three specimens collected from Hump Ridge. Two of them were received from A. Philpott (Broun 1914a).

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.