Caccomolpus montanus Broun, 1921

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Caccomolpus montanus Broun, 1921

Caccomolpus montanus Broun, 1921b:665 . Type locality: Mount St Arnaud, Nelson.

Comments. Broun based this species on four specimens, two of each sex, of which three were in the BMNH and one was in the NZAC. One of these was designated as the lectotype to stabilise the epithet, the remaining three were designated as paralectotypes.

Type material examined. Lectotype ( BMNH): remounted on card with removed aedeagus glued at corner, “4254. ♂. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Mt Arnaud. 15.6.1916. [in Broun’s hand] // Caccomolpus montanus . ♂ [in Broun’s hand] // Caccomolpus subcupreus (= mon- tanus) nov. syn. [handwritten] det. M. Daccordi [printed] 1987 [in Daccordi’s hand]” . Paralectotypes: 1 ( BMNH), same, but re-mounted on point with egg (?), female terminalia and abdomen mounted separately on acetate label, “4254. ♀. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand. [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Mt Arnaud. 15.6.1916. [in Broun’s hand] // Caccomolpus montanus . ♀ [in Broun’s hand]”; 1( BMNH), same as lectotype but remounted on card and aedeagus separately mounted on point; 1 ( NZAC), body and one leg remounted on card and female terminalia and one leg mounted on acetate label, “ Mt Arnaud. 15.6.1916. // Caccomolpus montanus . ♀ [in Broun’s hand] // A. E. Brookes Collection // T. Broun Collection // SYNTYPE [printed] Caccomolpus montanus Broun, 1921 R. C. Craw det. 1983 [in Craw’s hand on acid green label]” .