Contacyphon lateralis (Broun, 1883)

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 38

Contacyphon lateralis (Broun, 1883)

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Cyphon lateralis Broun 1883: 371 . Broun 1886: 780 (reprinted excerpt of Broun 1883). Pic 1914: 32 (catalogue, as Cyphon lateralis Broun, 1886 ). Nyholm 2000: 50 (aedeagus illustrated). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue). Contacyphon lateralis: Zwick et al. 2013: 343 (as Contacyphon lateralis (Broun, 1886)) .

Type locality. Upper Taieri.

Broun number: 1388.

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], “1388.” [in Broun’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “laterale” [in Broun’s hand], “ Cyphon \ lateralis .” [in Broun’s hand], “Holotype \ Cyphon lateralis \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand].

Remarks. Broun examined a single specimen from Upper Taieri, Otago, which was sent by Hutton (Broun 1883).

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.