Eupines (Byraxis) glabrata ( Broun, 1886 )

Shen, Jia-Wei & Leschen, Richard A. B., 2019, Catalogue and type designations for New Zealand Goniaceritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), Zootaxa 4614 (2), pp. 255-302 : 265

Eupines (Byraxis) glabrata ( Broun, 1886)

( Figs 37–38 )

Bryaxis glabrata Broun, 1886: 830 . Eupines (Byraxis) glabrata : combination and subgeneric assignment by Raffray 1904: 207. Raffray 1911: 82, 1924: 157; Hudson 1923: 364, 1934: 182; Kuschel 1990: 49; Nomura & Leschen 2006: 254; Maddison 2010: 417.

Type locality: [AK] Woodhill, near the Kaipara Railway.

Broun number: 1476.

Notes: Broun (1886) implied that he had one specimen by stating “I obtained my specimen in Woodhill”. Two specimens matching the locality data in the NZAC were located, with one of them bearing a locality label in Broun’s hand and another one bearing a printed locality label. Broun may have incorrectly indicated the number of specimens and we have confirmed the former specimen with all labels in Broun’s hand to be the holotype. There are five additional specimens in the BMNH Broun collection and one additional specimen in the BMNH main collection with appropriate Broun handwritten labels, but from different localities.

Type material examined: Holotype ( NZAC): ‘ Woodhill [in Broun’s hand] // ♂ [in Broun’s hand] // glabrata [in Broun’s hand] // 1476. [in Broun’s hand]// T. Broun Collection // A. E. Brookes Collection’.

Figures

FIGURES 37–42. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand genera of Goniaceritae and their extralimital species. 37–38) Holotype, Eupines (Byraxis) glabrata (Broun, 1886); labels.