Atopida proba Sharp, 1878

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 26

Atopida proba Sharp, 1878

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Atopida proba Sharp 1878: 47 . Broun 1880: 313 (reprinted excerpt of Sharp 1878). Pic 1914: 16 (catalogue). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue).

Type locality. Tairua.

Broun number: 562.

Type material examined. 3 exx. Syntype ( NHM): card-mounted, “ Atopida proba \ Type D.S. \ New Zealand Broun” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “ Type \ H. T.” [round label with red border], “ New Zealand. [red underline]”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.” Syntype ( NHM): card-mounted, “ Atopida proba \ Ind. typ. D.S. \ New Zealand Broun” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “ New Zealand. [red underline]”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905- 313.” Syntype ( NHM): card-mounted, “ Atopida proba \ Ind. Type D.S. \ New Zealand Broun” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “ New Zealand. [red underline]”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.”

Remarks. Sharp and Wakefield received this species from T. Broun (Sharp 1878), specimens of which were collected in Tairua (Broun 1880).

Figures

FIGURE 8. Primary type specimens of New Zealand Scirtidae. A) Holotype, Atopida pallidula Broun, 1921; B) Syntype, Atopida proba Sharp, 1878; C) Holotype, Atopida sinuata Broun, 1893; D) Holotype, Atopida suffusa Broun, 1910; E) Holotype, Atopida suturalis (White, 1846); F) Holotype, Atopida brouni Broun, Sharp, 1878; G) Syntype, Atopida testacea Broun, 1880; H) Holotype, Atopida villosa Broun, 1921; I) Syntype, Byrrhopsis gravidus (Sharp, 1878); J) Lectotype, Contacyphon acerbus (Broun, 1883); K) Holotype, Contacyphon nitidus (Broun, 1886); L) Lectotype, Contacyphon aequalis (Sharp, 1878). Scale bar = 1 mm.