Contacyphon waikatoensis (Broun, 1886)

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 52-53

Contacyphon waikatoensis (Broun, 1886)

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Cyphon waikatoensis Broun 1886: 838 . Pic 1914: 37 (catalogue). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue). Contacyphon waikatoensis: Zwick et al. 2013: 347 .

Type locality. Ngaruawahia.

Broun number: 1491.

Type material examined. 6 exx. Lectotype ( NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “LECTO- \ TYPE ” [round label with blue border], “1491.” [in Broun’s hand], “ Waikato . ” [in Broun’s hand], “Ngaruawahia” [in Broun’s hand], “ New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ Lectotype \ Cyphon waikato- \ ensis Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand] . Paralectotype ( NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE ” [round label with blue border], “1491.” [in Nyholm’s hand], “ Waikato.” [in Nyholm’s hand], “ Ngaruawahia ” [in Nyholm’s hand], “ New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus.

\ 1922-482.” [in Nyholm’s hand], “Paralectotype \ Cyphon waikato- \ ensis Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand], “ Cyphon graniger \ 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, “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “1491.” [in Broun’s hand], “Ngaruaw.” [in Broun’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.” [handwritten], “Paralectotype ♂ \ Cyphon waikatoensis \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “1491.” [in Nyholm’s hand], “Waikatos.” [in Nyholm’s hand], “Ngaruawahia” [in Nyholm’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.” [in Nyholm’s hand], “Paralectotype ♀ \ Cyphon waikato- \ ensis Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): cardmounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “1491.” [in Broun’s hand], “Waikatos.” [in Broun’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.” [handwritten], “Paralectotype \ Cyphon waikato- \ ensis Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “1491.” [in Nyholm’s hand], “Ngaruaw.” [in Nyholm’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.” [in Nyholm’s hand], “Paralectotype ♂ \ Cyphon waikatoensis \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand].

Remarks. Broun (1886) described the species from an unknown number of specimens collected on Leptospermum at Ngaruawahia, Waikato.

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.