Mesocyphon capito Broun, 1914

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 61

Mesocyphon capito Broun, 1914

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Mesocyphon capito Broun 1914a: 106 . Macfarlane et al. 2011: 421 (catalogue).

Type locality. Kaitoke , near Wellington.

Broun number: 3420.

Type material examined. 1 ex. Holotype (NHM): card-mounted, “3420” [in Broun’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “Kaitoke. \ Wellington” [in Broun’s hand], “ Mesocyphon \ capito .” [in Broun’s hand].

Remarks. Broun (1914a) studied a single specimen collected by G. V. Hudson. Specimen is missing its head.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Primary type specimens of New Zealand Scirtidae. A) Syntype, Cyprobius terrenus Broun, 1895; B) Syntype, Cyprobius undulatus Broun, 1883; C) Syntype, Mesocyphon bifoveatus Broun, 1914; D) Holotype, Mesocyphon capito Broun, 1914; E) Syntype, Mesocyphon divergens Sharp, 1878; F) Syntype, Mesocyphon granulatus Broun, 1886; G) Syntype, Mesocyphonhalli Broun, 1914; H) Syntype, Mesocyphonlateralis Broun, 1914;I)Syntype,Mesocyphon laticeps Broun,1893; J) Syntype, Mesocyphon longicornis Broun, 1914; K) Syntype, Mesocyphon mandibularis Broun, 1912; L) Syntype, Mesocyphon marmoratus Sharp, 1878. Scale bar = 1 mm.