Eupines (Byraxis) rhyssarthra ( Broun, 1912 )

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 : 273

Eupines (Byraxis) rhyssarthra ( Broun, 1912)

( Figs 79–80 )

Byraxis rhyssarthra Broun, 1912: 413 . Raffray 1924: 157; Hudson 1923: 367, 1934: 185.

Eupines (Byraxis) rhyssarthra : combination by Nomura & Leschen 2006: 255. Maddison 2010: 417.

Type locality: [WO] Mount Pirongia .

Broun number: 3215.

Notes: Broun mentioned that he had two males and three females. All the syntypes matching this locality data were located in the BMNH Broun collection. In order to stabilize the name, a lectotype and four paralectotypes are here designated for Byraxis rhyssarthra .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): ‘Type [round label with red border] // 3215. ♂ [in Broun’s hand] // Pirongia. Dec. 1909 // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922––482. // 232. // Byraxis rhyssarthra . [in Broun’s hand] ’. Paralectotype ( BMNH): 1, ‘3215. ♂ [in Broun’s hand] // Pirongia. Dec. 1909 // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922––482. // 232. // Byraxis rhyssarthra . [in Broun’s hand] ’. Paralectotype ( BMNH): 3, ‘3215. ♀ [in Broun’s hand] // Pirongia. Dec. 1909 // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922––482. // 232. // Byraxis rhyssarthra . [in Broun’s hand] ’.

Figures

FIGURES 79–84. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand genera of Goniaceritae and their extralimital species. 79–80) Lectotype, Eupines (Byraxis) rhyssarthra (Broun, 1912); labels.