Eupines (Byraxis) sanguinea ( Broun, 1880 )

Shen, Jia-Wei & Leschen, Richard A. B., 2019, Catalogue and type designations for New Zealand Goniaceritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), Zootaxa 4614 (2), pp. 255-302 : 273-274

Eupines (Byraxis) sanguinea ( Broun, 1880)

( Figs 83–84 )

Bryaxis sanguineus Broun, 1880: 132 .

Bryaxis vae Schaufuss, 1888: 34 . New name for Bryaxis sanguinea Broun, 1880: 132 . Unnecessary replacement name for Bryaxis sanginea Leach, 1817 .

Bryaxis fulvitarsis Broun, 1893a: 1418 . New name for Bryaxis sanguinea Broun, 1880: 132 . Unnecessary replacement name for Bryaxis sanginea Leach, 1817 . Hudson 1923: 364, 1934: 183.

Eupines (Byraxis) sanguinea : combination and subgeneric assignment by Raffray 1904: 207. Raffray 1911: 82, 1924: 157; Hudson 1923: 364, 1934: 182; Nomura & Leschen 2006: 255; Maddison 2010: 417.

Type locality: [CL] Tairua. Broun number: 243.

Notes: Broun did not mention the number of specimens he examined. Three specimens with labels in Brookes’ hand matching the locality data were located in the NZAC. Thirteen additional specimens in the NZAC with Broun numbers written in Broun’s hand lack locality labels and are not regarded as syntypes, as were two labelled as “variant”. Three additional specimens in the BMNH Broun collection, two with the locality label “Hunua” in Broun’s hand and one with the printed locality label “Howick”, that are also not considered to be syntypes. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and two paralectotypes are here designated for Bryaxis sanguineus . The original identification label was written as Byraxis , but the original combination was published under Bryaxis .

The two replacement names proposed by Schaufuss (1888) and Broun (1893a) are unnecessary because Bryaxis sanguinea Leach, 1817 has been designated as the type species of Rybaxis Saulcy by Bowman (1934).

Type material examined: Lectotype ( NZAC): ‘ Byraxis sanguineus Broun [in Brookes’ hand] // Tairua. (cotypes) [in Brookes’ hand] // 243 [in Brookes’ hand] // ♂ [in Brookes’ hand] ’. Paralectotype ( NZAC): 2, ‘ Ex. Broun collection. [in Brookes’ hand] // Tairua. E. coast. North Is. [in Brookes’ hand] // 243. [in Brookes’ hand] // Byraxis sanguineus Broun. [in Brookes’ hand] // T. Broun Collection // A. E. Brookes Collection’ .

Figures

FIGURES 79–84. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand genera of Goniaceritae and their extralimital species. 79–80) Lectotype, Eupines (Byraxis) rhyssarthra (Broun, 1912); labels.