Aphilon praestans Broun, 1893

Aphilon praestans Broun, 1893b: 1309 . Type locality: unknown (Clevedon?)

Comments. Broun based the description on a single male specimen collected by Mr. George Munro without mentioning the locality. The holotype in the BMNH bears a collecting label from Clevedon.

Type examined. Holotype (BMNH): re-mounted on point with aedeagus extracted and mounted on point, “2301. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Hunua Clevedon [in Broun’s hand] // Aphilon praestans [in Broun’s hand] // Aphilon praestans Broun [handwritten] det. M. Daccordi [printed] 1987 [in Daccordi’s hand]”.