Contacyphon laticeps (Sharp, 1878)

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

Contacyphon laticeps (Sharp, 1878)

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Cyphon laticeps Sharp 1878: 56 . Broun 1880: 323 (reprinted excerpt of Sharp 1878). Pic 1914: 32 (catalogue). Nyholm 2000: 53 (aedeagus illustrated). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue). Contacyphon laticeps: Zwick et al. 2013: 343 .

Type locality. Auckland.

Broun number: 588.

Type material examined. 5 exx. Lectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “ Cyphon laticeps \ Type \ D. S.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “TYPE \ H. T.” [round label with blue border], “Auckland, [red underline] \ New Zealand.”, “Auckland” [handwritten], “Sharp Coll \ 1905-313.”, “Lectotype \ Cyphon laticeps \ Sharp \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, “ Cyphon laticeps \ D. S.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “Otago, [red underline] \ New Zeal. \ (Hutton)”, “Otago, Hutton 1877” [handwritten], “Sharp Coll \ 1905- 313.”, “Paralectotype \ Cyphon laticeps \ Sharp \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, “ Cyphon laticeps \ ♀” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “Otago, [red underline] \ New Zeal. \ (Hutton)”, “Otago, Hutton 1877” [handwritten], “Sharp Coll \ 1905-313.”, “Paralectotype \ Cyphon laticeps \ Sharp \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “ Cyphon laticeps \ Ind. typ. \ D. S.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “Auckland, [red underline] \ New Zealand.”, “Auckland” [handwritten], “Sharp Coll \ 1905-313.”, “Paralectotype \ Cyphon laticeps \ Sharp \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, “ Cyphon laticeps var. \ D. S.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “Tairua, [red underline] \ New Zealand. \ Broun”, “Tairua” [handwritten], “Sharp Coll \ 1905-313.”, “Paralectotype \ Cyphon laticeps \ Sharp \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand].

Remarks. According to Sharp (1878), this species seems to be widely distributed in New Zealand. Sharp had two specimens from Auckland, one from Tairua and two sent by Hutton from Otago province.

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.