Atopida suturalis (White, 1846)

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 26-27

Atopida suturalis (White, 1846)

( Figs 8E–F )

Ptinus suturalis White 1846: 8 . Atopida suturalis: Sharp 1884: 299 . Pic 1914: 16 (catalogue). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue).

Type locality. New Zealand.

Broun number: -

Type material examined. 1 ex. Holotype (NHM): pinned into card, “Type” [round label with red border], “ Ptinus suturalis White \ Zool. Ereb & Terror. \ Leptosp. flowers \ Hooker and Smith” [handwritten].

Remarks. No precise locality is given in the original description.

Atopida brouni Sharp 1878: 47 . Broun 1880: 312 (reprinted excerpt of Sharp 1878, number 561). Sharp 1884: 299 (synonym of Atopida suturalis (White)) . Pic 1914: 16 (catalogue, as a synonym of A. suturalis ). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue).

Type locality. Tairua.

Broun number: 561.

Type material examined. 2 exx. Syntype (NHM): card-mounted, “ Atopida brouni \ Type D.S. \ Tairua Broun” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Type \ H. T.” [round label with red border], “Tairua, [red underline] \ New Zealand. \ Broun.”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.” Syntype (NHM): card-mounted, “ Atopida brouni \ Ind. typ. \ D.S. \ Tairua Broun” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Tairua, [red underline] \ New Zealand. \ Broun.”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.”, “= suturalis White ” [handwritten].

Remarks. Sharp described Atopida brouni from two specimens collected by T. Broun in Tairua (Sharp 1878).

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.