Mesocyphon marmoratus Sharp, 1878

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 64

Mesocyphon marmoratus Sharp, 1878

( Fig. 14L )

Mesocyphon marmoratus Sharp 1878: 50 . Broun 1880: 317 (reprinted excerpt of Sharp 1878). Pic 1914: 28 (catalogue). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 421 (catalogue).

Type locality. Tairua.

Broun number: 572.

Type material examined. 5 exx. Syntype ( NHM): card-mounted, “ Mesocyphon mar- \ moratus \ Type D. S. \ Tairua, Broun” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Tairua, [red underline] \ New Zealand . \ Broun.”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.” Syntype ( NHM): card-mounted, “ Mesocyphon mar- \ moratus, Ind. typ. \ D. S. \ Tairua, Broun” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Tairua, [red underline] \ New Zealand . \ Broun.”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905- 313.” Syntype ( NHM): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “ Mesocyphon mar- \ moratus. \ Ind. typ. \ D. S. \ Tairua, Broun ” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “M. mar- \ moratus \ ♂ ” [handwritten ad base of genitalia slide] “ Tairua, [red underline] \ New Zealand . \ Broun.”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.” Syntype ( NHM): disarticulated specimen, card-mounted, “ Mesocyphon mar- \ moratus. D. S. \ Tairua, Broun” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Tairua, [red underline] \ New Zealand . \ Broun.”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.” Syntype ( NHM): “ Mesocyphon mar- \ moratus. \ Ind. typ. \ D. S. \ Tairua, Broun” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Tairua, [red underline] \ New Zealand. \ Broun.”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.”

Remarks. Sharp received “half a dozen” individuals from Captain Broun collected from Tairua (Sharp 1878).

Figures

FIGURE 14. Primary type specimens of New Zealand Scirtidae. A) Syntype, Cyprobius terrenus Broun, 1895; B) Syntype, Cyprobius undulatus Broun, 1883; C) Syntype, Mesocyphon bifoveatus Broun, 1914; D) Holotype, Mesocyphon capito Broun, 1914; E) Syntype, Mesocyphon divergens Sharp, 1878; F) Syntype, Mesocyphon granulatus Broun, 1886; G) Syntype, Mesocyphonhalli Broun, 1914; H) Syntype, Mesocyphonlateralis Broun, 1914;I)Syntype,Mesocyphon laticeps Broun,1893; J) Syntype, Mesocyphon longicornis Broun, 1914; K) Syntype, Mesocyphon mandibularis Broun, 1912; L) Syntype, Mesocyphon marmoratus Sharp, 1878. Scale bar = 1 mm.