Eupinolus altulus ( Broun, 1880 )

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 : 277

Eupinolus altulus ( Broun, 1880)

( Figs 97–98 )

Bryaxis altulus Broun, 1880: 131 . Schaufuss 1888: 20; Raffray 1911: 83; Hudson 1923: 364, 1934: 182; Kuschel 1990: 49. Eupinolus altulus: Combination by Chandler 2001: 328. Nomura & Leschen 2006: 256; Maddison 2010: 417.

Type locality: [ND] Near Whangarei Harbour.

Broun number: 241.

Notes: Broun collected one male and one female in the wood near Whangarei Harbour. Both specimens were located in the BMNH main collection and bear the locality labels “Manaia”, which match the original description. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and a paralectotype are here designated for Bryaxis altulus .

Type material examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): ‘241. [in Broun’s hand] // Manaia. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922––482 .’. Paralectotype ( BMNH): ‘Type [round label with red border] // 241 // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922––482. // Manaia Whangarei. [in Broun’s hand] // Eupines altulus . [in Broun’s hand] ’.

Figures

FIGURES 97–102. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand genera of Goniaceritae and their extralimital species. 97–98) Lectotype, Eupinolus altulus (Broun, 1880); labels.