Eupines (Byraxis) fraudulenta ( Broun, 1886 )

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 : 265

Eupines (Byraxis) fraudulenta ( Broun, 1886)

( Figs 35–36 )

Bryaxis fraudulenta Broun, 1886: 944 . Eupines (Byraxis) fraudulenta : combination and subgeneric assignment by Raffray 1904: 208. Raffray 1911: 83, 1924: 157; Hudson 1923: 364, 1934: 183; Nomura & Leschen 2006: 254; Maddison 2010: 417.

Type locality: [AK] Near Howick.

Broun number: 1699.

Notes: Broun did not mention the number of specimens he examined. Only one specimen was located in the BMNH. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype is here designated for Bryaxis fraudulenta . The original identification label was written as Byraxis , but the original combination was published under Bryaxis .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): ‘Type [round label with red border] // 1699. [in Broun’s hand] // ♂ [in Broun’s hand] // Paparoa // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922––482. // Byraxis fraudulenta [in Broun’s hand]’.

Figures

FIGURES 31–36. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand genera of Goniaceritae and their extralimital species. 31–32) Holotype, Eupines (Byraxis) forficulida (Broun, 1890); labels.