Contacyphon graniger (Sharp, 1878)

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 35-36

Contacyphon graniger (Sharp, 1878)

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Cyphon graniger Sharp 1878: 54 . Broun 1880: 322 (reprinted excerpt of Sharp 1878). Pic 1914: 31 (catalogue). Nyholm 2000: 51 (aedeagus illustrated). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue). Contacyphon graniger: Zwick et al. 2013: 342 .

Type locality. Christchurch.

Broun number: 584.

Type material examined. 3 exx. Lectotype (NHM, here validated): “ Cyphon graniger \ Type D. S.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “lecto- \ type”, “Type \ H. T.”, Christchurch, [red underline] \ New Zealand.”, “Christchurch Wakefield”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.”, [handwritten] “Lectotype \ Cyphon graniger \ Sharp \ det. T. Nyholm 1981”. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, “ Cyphon graniger \ Ind. typ. D. S.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue margin], “Christchurch, [red underline] \ New Zealand.”, “Christchurch Wakefield” [in Sharp’s hand], “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.”, [handwritten] “Paralectotype \ Cyphon graniger \ Sharp \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, label data as above.

Remarks. The species was collected by Wakefield at Christchurch (Sharp 1878).

Figures

FIGURE 10. Primary type specimens of New Zealand Scirtidae. A) Lectotype, Contacyphon graniger (Sharp, 1878); B) Holotype, Contacyphon granulicollis (Broun, 1915); C) Holotype, Contacyphon huttoni (Sharp, 1878); D) Holotype, Contacyphon lateralis (Broun, 1886); E) Lectotype, Contacyphon laticeps (Sharp, 1878); F) Holotype, Contacyphon laticollis (Broun, 1886); G) Holotype, Contacyphon mckerrowi (Broun, 1895); H) Lectotype, Contacyphon nigritulus (Broun, 1893); I) Lectotype, Contacyphon nigropictus (Broun, 1886); J) Holotype, Contacyphon fulvicornis (Broun, 1893); K) Lectotype, Contacyphon signatus (Broun, 1886); L) Lectotype, Contacyphon ornatus (Broun, 1893).Scale bar = 1 mm.