Contacyphon huttoni (Sharp, 1878) Kiałka & Ruta, 2017

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 36

Contacyphon huttoni (Sharp, 1878) comb. nov.

( Fig. 10C )

Cyphon huttoni Sharp 1878: 52 . Broun 1880: 320 (reprinted excerpt of Sharp 1878). Pic 1914: 31 (catalogue). Nyholm 2000: 53 (aedeagus illustrated). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue).

Type locality. Otago.

Broun number: 576.

Type material examined. 1 ex. Holotype ( NHM): card-mounted, “ Cyphon Huttoni \ Type D. S.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “ Type \ H. T.” [round label with red border], “Holo- \ type ” [round label with red border], “Ottago, [red underline] \ New Zeal. \ (Hutton)”, “Hutton Otago ” [handwritten], “Sharp Coll \ 1905-313.”, “ Holotype \ Cyphon huttoni \ Sharp \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand].

Remarks. The species was collected in Otago by Hutton, who sent it to Sharp (Sharp 1878). This species was omitted in the catalogue by Zwick et al. (2013).

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.