Brachypeplus basalis Erichson, 1842

Kirejtshuk, Alexander G. & Kovalev, Alexey V., 2022, Monograph on the Cillaeinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from the Australian Region with comments on the taxonomy of the subfamily, Zootaxa 5103 (1), pp. 1-133 : 41

15. Brachypeplus basalis Erichson, 1842

Figs 7 , A–I

Brachypeplus basalis Erichson, 1842: 149 : TAS, Van Diemen's Land;

= Brachypeplus (Tasmus) basalis: Murray, 1864: 290 ;

= Brachypeplus (Tasmus) brevicornis Sharp, 1878 b: 47, syn. nov.: New Zealand, “Tairna”

Specimens examined. Type specimens: Lectotype of Brachypeplus basalis ( ZMB) , female, here designated and 3 paralectotypes ( ZMB), females—“ basalis Er., Van Diem., Schager ”, “8337”; lectotype of Brachypeplus brevicornis (NHML) , male, here designated and 3 paralectotypes ( NHML)—“Tairua, New Zealand, Broun”, “Sharp Coll. 1905– 313”, “ Brachypeplus brevicornis Type, D.S.” . Other specimens: Papua New Guinea: 1 ex ( MCNG)—“N Guinea Mer. Port Moresby Giugno, 1889, L. Loria ”; 1 ex ( TMB)—“ N. Guinea, Biro, 1901, Friedrich Wilh-hafen”, det. O. Sjöberg ; Australia, WA: 1 ex ( ANIC)—“Walpole, WA (34.57 S 116.44 E), 16 km W, 11.XI.69, E.B. Britton & F.H. Uther Baker ”; 1 ex—“ Orange Grove Caravan Pk, Gosfells E Perth, 5 Jan. 1986, WA, at light”; 1 ex ( ANIC)— “Denmark, WA (Du B)”; 1 ex ( ANIC)—“Deep Dene, WA, Karridale, 28 Dec. 1963, L.M. O’Halloran ”; NT: 1 ex ( ANIC)—“Tindal, NT, 14.31S 132.22E, 1–20 Dec. 1967, light trap, M.J.M. Vestians ”; 8 ( TMB, ZIN)—“Austral. Occid., 1192”, det. Sjöberg; QLD: 1 ex ( SAM)—“ Mt. Tambourine , Q: A.M. Lea ”; 1 ex ( ANIC)—“ Cairns , 16.9.34, J.G. Brooks bequest 1976”; 3 exx ( SAM)—“N. Queensland, Blackb’s Coll.”; 9 exx ( CMS, ZIN)—“QLD, Krombit Tops National Park , 13 November 1986, Richard Bejsak ”; 3 exx ( ANIC)—“ Mt Spec , NQ, 1/66, G.B.”, “ J.G. Brooks Bequest 1976”; 3 exx ( ANIC)—“ Pentland , 6–9/42, J.G. Brooks Bequest 1976”; 1 ex ( ANIC)—“Eidswold, Q, 8.9.29, T.L. Bancraft ” 1 exx ( CMS)—“ Gayandah ”; 1 ex ( SAM)—“Dividing Rge, V. Blackb’s Coll. ”; NSW: 1 ex ( TMB)—“ Narrabeen , NSW, 25.X.1983, G. Hungay ”; 1 ex ( CMS)—“NSW, Cattari , 27.7.82, V.R. Bejsak ”; 6 exx ( SAM, ZIN)—“ Sydney , Lea ”; 2 exx ( SAM)—“ Sydney Coclark , Griffith Collection, Id. By A.M. Lea ”; 6 exx ( SAM, ZIN)—“Wentworth Fs.”; 1 ex ( SAM)—“ East Tamar ”; 2 exx ( CMS)—“ Newcastle , NSW”; 1 ex ( ANIC)—“ Balliza , NSW, 31.VIII.1977, T. Belos ”; 2 exx ( AMS)—“ Storingwood , NSW, 27.X.1959, P. Goodwin ”; 1 ex ( AMS)— “ Australian Museum , Sydney , NSW, 3 Dec. 1965, D.H. McAlpine ”; 1 ( TMB)—“NSW, Mt. Coricudgi , 29.IX.1983, G. Hungay ”; 1 ex ( ANIC) –“Sydney, E.W. Ferguson Collection ”; 1 ex ( ANIC)—“ Muswellbrook , NS Wales, E.W. Ferguson Coll. ”; 1 ex ( ANIC)—“ Blue MTS , NS Wales, G.E. Bryant, Jan. 1905 ”; 1 ex ( ANIC)—“ Upper Burragoruns , 29.12.37, NS Wales, H.C. Dawis ”; 32 exx ( ANIC, ZIN)—“ 35.50S 150.18E, Kioloa SF, 15 km NE Batemans Bay, NSW, Sept. 86—Mar. 87, M.C. Robinson, flight intercept ”; 1 ex ( ANIC)—“ Kioloa SF, NSW, 10 km SW Kioloa, 4 Nov. 1986, C. Reid, under bark”; 3 exx ( ANIC)—“ Horse Swamp , NSW, 24 km E of Moonon Flat, Mt. Royal Rng , 6 Nov. 1982, J.T. Doyen coll.”; 4 exx ( ANIC, ZIN)—“ 28.48S 152.59E, Richmond Range SF, NSW, c. 600 m, 13- 14 Feb. 1983, T. Weir & A. Calder ”, “rainforest rotten log”; 1 ex ( ANIC)—“ 4–5 km E of Numeralle, NSW, 10 Jan. 1986, W.W.K. Houston fallen gums”; 1 ex ( ANIC)—“ 20 km ENE Nimmitabel, NSW, 9 Aug. 1988, C. Reid, under bark of Euc. fastigata, fraxinoides forest”; 1 ex ( ANIC)—“ Mebbin St. For., NSW, 18 km W of Uki, 23- 24 Nov. 1982, J. Doyen ”; 2 exx ( AMS)—“ Bendalong , NSW, 27.3.1970, G. Daniels ”; 1 ex ( AMS)—“ Jindabyne , 3 000 ft, NSW, Helms , III.89”; 1 ex ( ANIC)—“ 35.58S 150.09E, Congo , 8 km SE by E of Moruya, NSW, 1 Dec. 79, M.S. Upton ”; 1 ex ( ANIC)—“ Murrumbateman , NSW, 1.II.78, E.C. Zimmerman ”; 13 exx ( ANIC, ZIN)—“ Durras , NSW, 1946, G.F. Hill ”; 2 exx ( ANIC)—“ Durras , Jan. 1939, G.F. Hill ”; 2 exx ( SAM)—“ Mittagoug , NSW, Lea ”; 2 exx ( SAM)— “Clarence R., A. & F.R. Zeitz ”; 1 ex ( AMS)—“Mittasong, K 8924” (? NSW); ACT: 1 ex ( ANIC)—“ Brindabell Rng , ACT, 11 km S of Piccadilly Circ., 19 Oct. 1982, J. Doyen Coll. ”; 1 ex ( ANIC)—“ 35.22S 148.50E, Blandeklls Ck , 3 km of Piccadilly Circus , 850 m, ACT, Feb. 1985, Weir , Lawrence , Johnson ”, “flight intercept window/ through trap ”; 5 exx ( ANIC)—“ Bendoro Dam , ACT, 18.10.1967, CSIRO, forestry coll.”; 3 exx ( ANIC)—“ Black Mt , Canberra , ACT, May 23– 82, J.F. Lawrence, Euc. mannifera maculosa, branch fallen”; 2 exx ( ANIC)—“ Lee’s Spring , ACT, 26–10–31, G.F. Hill ”; 3 exx ( ANIC)—“ Lee’s Spring , ACT, 5–2–32, T. Greaves ”; 1 ex ( ANIC)—“ Tidbinbilla , ACT, 17.1.74, E.B. Britton ”; VIC: 13 exx ( TMB, ZIN)—“ Daudenong Ranges , Victoria ”, det. Sjöberg; 4 exx ( SAM)— “ Emerald , Vic., 15/7/07, E. Jarvis ”. “ Id. By A.M. Lea ”, “ Griffith Collection ”; 1 ex ( AMS)—“ Leopold , Vic., 444”; 1 ex ( ANIC)—“ Leopold , Vic., R. Blackwood ”; 2 ( SAM)—“ Victorian Alps , Blackburn ”; 1 ex ( SAM)—“ Victoria, Blackburn ”; 1 ex ( SAM)—“ Monbulk , Vic., 9. 02, Jarvis ”; SAM: 9 exx ( SAM)—“ Port Lincoln , Blackburn ”; 1 ex ( SAM)—“Lucindale, S.A., Feuerkeersdt ”; 4 exx ( AMS)—“ Mt. Lofty Rgs , S. Australia, A.H. Elston ”; 1 ex ( ANIC)— “ 48 km NE of Marree, SA, 21 Sep. 1972, Z. Liepse ”; Kangaroo Island : 3 exx ( SAM)—“ Kangaroo ”; TAS: 1 ex ( SAM)—“ Sheffield , Dec. 01 ”, “ Griffith Collection ”, “ Id. By A.M. Lea ”; 1 ex ( AMS)—“ Ulverstone , № 444, R. Blackwood ”; 3 exx ( TMB, ZIN)—“ Tasmania. Leg. Bornemissza, Hobart , 23.XI.1981 ”; 2 exx ( TMB)—“ Tasmania, Oatolands , Mt. Seymour , 720 m, 27.IV.1983, Bornemissza ”; 1 ex ( TMB)—“Tas., Blackmans Bay , 6.1.1985, G.F. Bornemissza ”; 3 exx ( ANIC)—“ 41.23S 147.25E, Mt. Barrow , 11 km E by N Nunamara, 7 Feb. 1983, Tas., J.D. Naumann, J.C. Cordale ”; 1 ex ( ANIC)—“SW Tasmania, Lower Gordon R., 42.38 S 145.53 E — 42.37 S 145.56 E, Howard Hill , Jan. 1978, litter”; 6 exx ( ANIC, SAM, ZIN)—“ Tasmania ”; 5 ( SAM)—“ Tasmania, Blackburn ”; 4 exx ( SAM)—“ Tasmania, Simpson ”; 2 exx ( CMS)—“ Tasmania ”; 2 exx ( AMS)—“ Tasmania, K 26839 ”; 10 exx ( ANIC, ZIN)—“ 41.42S 146.43E, Mt Field NP, 160-240 m, Tas., 30 Jan. 1980, Lawrence & Weir”, “flying at dusk”; 10 exx ( ANIC)—“Tas, Mt Field NP, Lake Dobson Rd , 240 m, 30 Jan.—5 Feb. 1980, wet sclerophyll, A. Newton, M. Thayer ”, “ Berlesed forest litter”; 1 ex ( ANIC)—“Ulverstone, No 443, R. Blackwood ”: 7 exx ( ANIC, ZIN)—“Tas, Mt Field NP, SE end Lake Fenton , 1000 m, 30 Jan.—5 Feb. 80, A. Newton, M. Thayer ”, “Nothofagus gunnii—Richea spp.— Athrophaxis spp.—Phylbocladus asplen forest”; 1 ex ( ANIC)—“Tas, The Gap Florentine Rd, NSW, Maydena, 600 m, 1 Feb.19 80, A. Newton, M. Thayer ”, “ Berlesed forest litter”; New Zealand: 2 exx ( NHML)—“51L51”, “Broun”, “Nov. Zeal.”, “Fry Coll.1905–100”; 1 ex ( NHML)—“1438”, “Waitak”, “Weitakerei, N. Zealand, H.Swale, 1913–117”; 2 exx ( NMHL)—“ N. Zealand, H. Swale, 1913-117”, “1228”; 1 ex ( NHML)—“Erua”, “ N. Zealand, C.E. Clarke Collection, B.M. 1957–24”; 2 exx ( NMHL)—“Mangamuka, 9.1.1927,. E. Clarke ”, “ N. Zealand, C.E. Clarke Collection, B.M. 1957-24”; 1 ex ( NMHL)—“Herekino”, “ N. Zealand, C.E. Clarke Collection, B.M. 1957- 24”; 1 ex ( NMHL)—“Raurimu”, “ N. Zealand, C.E. Clarke Collection, B.M. 1957-24”; 1 ( TMB)—“NSW, env. Murvillumbah , 7.III. 1965, J. Balogh ”; 2 exx ( FMNH, ZIN)—“ NEW ZEALAND: N Isl., BR. Lewis Pass Nat. Res., 13.2 km S Lewis Pass, 650 m, (17.XII.1984)-(21.I.1985)”, “Nothofagus spp., for. log & leaf litter, A. Newton & M. Thayer ”; 1 ex ( ZMC)—“ N. Zealand, N Isl., Rotorua, 12–13.XII.1972, A.M. Hemmingsen. ”

Figures

FIGURE 7. Brachypeplus basalis, orig. A–D, F, G, I—specimens from TAS (“…Mt Field NP, SE end Lake Fenton…”); A: body, male dorsal; B: shoulder part of elytron, dorsal; C: male anal sclerite and spiculum gastrale, ventral; D: tegmen, ventral; F: penis trunk, dorsal; H: proximal part of inner sac with armature; I: ovipositor, ventral; E, G: specimen from New Zealand (“…Lewis Pass Nat. Res., 13.2 km S…”); E: tegmen, ventral; G: penis trunk, dorsal. Scale bars: a = 1.0 mm to Fig. A; b = 0.5 mm to fig. B; с = 0.25 mm to Figs C–I.