Eupines (Byraxis) impar ( Sharp, 1874 )

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 : 267

Eupines (Byraxis) impar ( Sharp, 1874)

( Figs 49–50 )

Bryaxis impar Sharp, 1874: 500 .

Bryaxis impar : reprint from Sharp 1874 by Sharp 1876: 278.

Bryaxis impar : reprinted excerpt from Sharp 1874 by Broun 1880: 130.

Eupines (Byraxis) impar : combination and subgeneric assignment by Raffray 1904: 207. Raffray 1911: 82, 1924: 157; Hudson 1923: 364, 1934: 182; Kuschel 1990: 49; Nomura & Leschen 2006: 255; Maddison 2010: 417.

Type locality: [AK] Auckland .

Broun number: 239.

Notes: Sharp did not mention the number of specimens he examined. Four specimens matching this locality were located in the BMNH main collection. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and three paralectotypes are here designated for Bryaxis impar .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): ‘ Type H. T. [round label with red border] // Auckland, New Zealand. // Auckland n.z. [in Sharp’s hand] // Bryaxis impar ♂ Type. D.S. [in Sharp’s hand] // Sharp Coll. 1905- 313 ’. Paralectotype ( BMNH): 1, ‘ Type H. T. [round label with red border] // Auckland, New Zealand. // Auckland n.z. [in Sharp’s hand] // Bryaxis impar ♀ Type. D.S. [in Sharp’s hand] // Sharp Coll. 1905-313 ’. Paralectotype ( BMNH): 1, ‘ N. Zeal. 77.48 // Auckland New Zealand. // Auckland n.z. [in Sharp’s hand] // Bryaxis impar ♂ Type. D.S. [in Sharp’s hand] ’. Paralectotype ( BMNH): 1, ‘ Auckland New Zealand. // Auckland n.z. [in Sharp’s hand] // Sharp Coll. 1905-313 ’.

Figures

FIGURES 49–54. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand genera of Goniaceritae and their extralimital species. 49–50) Lectotype, Eupines (Byraxis) impar (Sharp, 1874); labels.