Contacyphon suffusus (Sharp, 1878)

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 48-50

Contacyphon suffusus (Sharp, 1878)

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Cyphon suffusus Sharp 1878: 55 . Broun 1880: 323 (reprinted excerpt of Sharp 1878). Pic 1914: 35 (catalogue). Nyholm 2000: 53 (aedeagus illustrated). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue). Contacyphon suffusus: Zwick et al. 2013: 346 .

Type locality. Auckland.

Broun number: 587.

Type material examined. 3 exx. Lectotype ( NHM, here validated): card-mounted, “ Cyphon suffusus \ Type D. S.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “LECTO- \ TYPE ” [round label with blue margin], “ Type \ H. T.” [round label with red margin], “ Auckland, [red underline] \ New Zealand ”, “ Auckland ” [handwritten], “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.”, [handwritten] “ Paralectotype \ Cyphon suffusus \ Sharp \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype ( NHM, here validated): card-mounted, “ Cyphon suffusus \ Ind. typ. \ D. S.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Para- \ lecto- \ type ” [round label with blue margin], “ Auckland, [red underline] \ New Zealand ”, “ Auckland ” [handwritten], “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.”, [handwritten] “ Paralectotype \ Cyphon suffusus \ Sharp \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype ( NHM, here validated): card-mounted, disarticulated specimen, “ Cyphon suffusus \ Ind. typ. \ D. S.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Para- \ lecto- \ type ” [round label with blue margin], “ Auckland, [red underline] \ New Zealand ”, “ Auckland ” [handwritten], “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.”, [handwritten] “ Paralectotype \ Cyphon suffusus \ Sharp \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand].

Remarks. Five specimens were collected by Broun from Auckland and sent to Sharp (Sharp 1878).