Contacyphon remotus (Broun, 1883)

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 48

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scientific name	Contacyphon remotus (Broun, 1883)
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Cyphon remotus Broun 1883: 368 . Broun 1886: 776 (reprinted excerpt of Broun 1883). Pic 1914: 35 (catalogue, as Cyphon remotus ). Nyholm 2000: 50 (aedeagus illustrated). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue). Contacyphon remotus: Zwick et al. 2013: 346 (as Contacyphon remotus (Broun, 1886)) .

Type locality. Near Whangarei Harbour.

Broun number: 1378.

Type material examined. 2 exx. Lectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “1378” [in Broun’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ Cyphon \ remotus ” [in Broun’s hand], “Lectotype \ Cyphon remotus \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “1378” [in Nyholm’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.” [in Nyholm’s hand], “Paralectotype \ Cyphon remotus \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand].

Remarks. Broun described the species from two specimens collected in the vicinity of Whangarei Harbour (Broun 1883).

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FIGURE 12. Primary type specimens of New Zealand Scirtidae. A) Lectotype, Contacyphon remotus (Broun, 1883); B) Lectotype, Contacyphon suffusus (Sharp, 1878); C) Holotype, Contacyphon suturalis (Broun, 1883); D) Lectotype, Contacyphon trivialis (Broun, 1886); E) Paralectotype, Contacyphon variegatus (Sharp, 1882); F) Holotype, Contacyphon viridipennis (Broun, 1880); G) Lectotype, Contacyphon waikatoensis (Broun, 1886); H) Lectotype, Contacyphon zealandicus (Sharp, 1878); I) Syntype, Cyphanodes vestitus Broun, 1893; J) Holotype, Cyphanus capax Broun, 1880; K) Holotype, Cyphanus debilis Sharp, 1878; L) Syntype, Cyphanus dubius Broun, 1893.Scale bar = 1 mm.