Eupines, King, 1866

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 : 258

EUPINES King, 1866

Eupines King (subgenus of Bryaxis Kugelann ), 1866: 309. Elevated to genus by Broun 1886: 759. Type species: Bryaxis clavatula King , subsequent designation by Jeannel 1952: 84. Raffray 1897: 258, 1900: 171, 1908: 206; Chandler 2001: 320; Nomura & Leschen 2006: 253.

Byraxis Reitter, 1880: 166 . Type species: Byraxis monstrosa Reitter , by monotypy. Reduction to subgenus by Raffray 1904: 202.

Patranus Raffray, 1890: 123 . Type species: Tychus politus Schaufuss (= Bryaxis globulifer Schaufuss ), by monotypy. Synonymized by Raffray 1900: 171.

Brabaxis Raffray, 1890: 125 . Type species: Bryaxis siamensis Schaufuss (= Bryaxis sphaerica Motschulsky ), subsequent designation by Newton and Chandler 1989: 45. Synonymized by Raffray 1897: 258.

Eupinoda Raffray, 1900: 168 . Type species: Eupinoda leana Raffray , subsequent designation by Lucas 1920: 284. Raffray 1908: 217. Synonymized by Chandler 2001: 320.

Notes: There are 141 valid species of Eupines distributed in Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia (136 spp.) and in Southeast Asia (5 spp.). We cover only New Zealand members here. Images and other details of the four species that were described recently from Three Kings Islands ( New Zealand) are treated by Théry & Leschen (2013). Subgeneric assignments for Eupines species based on King’s (1866) classification can be readily determined by close examination of the number of male antennal segments (10 antennomeres in Byraxis ; 11 antennomeres in Eupines ), and which have been updated in this catalogue. Subgeneric assignments are not made for four species of Eupines that are based solely on female types.