Contacyphon thomasi (Pic, 1914)

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 50

Contacyphon thomasi (Pic, 1914)

( Fig. 12C )

Cyphon suturalis Broun 1883: 370 . Broun 1886: 779 (reprinted excerpt of Broun 1883). Cyphon thomasi Pic 1914: 35 . Nyholm 2000: 53 (aedeagus illustrated). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue). Contacyphon thomasi: Zwick et al. 2013: 347 .

Type locality. Waitakerei [sic, Waitakere] Hills.

Broun number: 1386.

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], “1386.” [in Broun’s hand], “Waitakerei. \ Novr 1910.“ [in Broun’s hand], New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ Cyphon \ suturalis ” [in Broun’s hand], “Holotype \ Cyphon suturalis \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand].

Remarks. Broun examined a single specimen collected from the Waitakerei Hills (Broun 1883). Pic (1914) proposed a new substitute name for Cyphon suturalis Broun , a homonym of Cyphon suturalis Tournier, 1868 .

Figures

FIGURE 12. Primary type specimens of New Zealand Scirtidae. A) Lectotype, Contacyphon remotus (Broun, 1883); B) Lectotype, Contacyphon suffusus (Sharp, 1878); C) Holotype, Contacyphon suturalis (Broun, 1883); D) Lectotype, Contacyphon trivialis (Broun, 1886); E) Paralectotype, Contacyphon variegatus (Sharp, 1882); F) Holotype, Contacyphon viridipennis (Broun, 1880); G) Lectotype, Contacyphon waikatoensis (Broun, 1886); H) Lectotype, Contacyphon zealandicus (Sharp, 1878); I) Syntype, Cyphanodes vestitus Broun, 1893; J) Holotype, Cyphanus capax Broun, 1880; K) Holotype, Cyphanus debilis Sharp, 1878; L) Syntype, Cyphanus dubius Broun, 1893.Scale bar = 1 mm.