Atopida basalis Broun, 1912

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 21

Atopida basalis Broun, 1912

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Atopida basalis Broun 1912: 431 . Pic 1914: 16 (catalogue). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue).

Type locality. Kaitoke , near Wellington.

Broun number: 3244.

Type material examined. 2 exx. Syntype (NHM): card-mounted, “3244” [in Broun’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “Kaitoke. \ Wellington” [in Broun’s hand], “ Atopida \ basalis ” [in Broun’s hand]. Syntype (NHM): card-mounted, same label data as above.

Remarks. Broun examined a pair of specimens collected by A. O’Connor at Kaitoke near Wellington (Broun 1912).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Primary type specimens of New Zealand Scirtidae. A) Holotype, Amplectopus fuscus Broun, 1893; B) Syntype, Amplectopus latulus Broun, 1893; C) Syntype, Amplectopus ovalis Broun, 1886; D) Syntype, Amplectopus pallicornis Broun, 1893; E) Syntype, Atopida basalis Broun, 1912; F) Holotype, Atopida castanea White, 1846; G) Syntype, Atopida dorsale Broun, 1893; H) Holotype, Atopida grahami Broun, 1910; I) Holotype, Atopida hirta Broun, 1880; J) Holotype, Atopida impressa Broun, 1914; K) Holotype, Atopida lawsoni Sharp, 1878; L) Syntype, Atopida montana Broun, 1921. Scale bar = 1 mm.