Contacyphon pauper (Broun, 1893)

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 44

Contacyphon pauper (Broun, 1893)

( Fig. 11E )

Cyphon pauper Broun 1893: 1143 . Pic 1914: 34 (catalogue). Nyholm 2000: 52 (aedeagus illustrated). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue). Contacyphon pauper: Zwick et al. 2013: 345 .

Type locality. Mount Arthur.

Broun number: 2026.

Type material examined. 3 exx. Lectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “2026.” [in Broun’s hand], “Mount Arthur”, “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ Cyphon \ pauper .” [in Broun’s hand], “Lectotype \ Cyphon pauper \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “2026.” [in Nyholm’s hand], “Mount Arthur” [in Nyholm’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.” [in Nyholm’s hand], “Paralectotype \ Cyphon pauper \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “2026” [in Broun’s hand], “Mount \ Arthur” [in Broun’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “Paralectotype \ Cyphon pauper \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand].

Remarks. Broun (1893) examined seven specimens collected by Cheeseman and Adams from Mount Arthur.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Primary type specimens of New Zealand Scirtidae. A) Lectotype, Contacyphon oscillans (Sharp, 1878); B) Holotype, Contacyphon molestus (Broun, 1886); C) Lectotype, Contacyphon pachymerus (Broun, 1912); D) Lectotype, Contacyphon parviceps (Sharp, 1878); E) Lectotype, Contacyphon pauper (Broun, 1893); F) Holotype, Contacyphon pictulus (Sharp, 1878); G) Lectotype, Contacyphon plagiatus (Broun, 1886); H) Holotype, Contacyphon plumatellus (Broun, 1915); I) Lectotype, Contacyphon propinquus (Broun, 1883); J) Lectotype, Contacyphon pumilio (Sharp, 1878); K) Lectotype, Contacyphon rectalis (Broun, 1886); L) Holotype, Contacyphon rectangulus (Broun, 1883). Scale bar = 1 mm.