Contacyphon nigritulus (Broun, 1893)

(Fig. 10H)

Cyphon nigritulus Broun 1893: 1144 . Pic 1914: 32 (catalogue). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue). Contacyphon nigritulus: Zwick et al. 2013: 344 .

Type locality. Mount Arthur.

Broun number: 2029.

Type material examined. 4 exx. Lectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “2029.” [in Broun’s hand], “Mount \ Arthur.” [in Broun’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ Cyphon \ nigritulus ” [in Broun’s hand], “Lectotype \ Cyphon nigritulus \ 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], “var. 2029” [in Broun’s hand], “Mount \ Arthur.” [in Broun’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “Paralectotype \ Cyphon nigritulus \ 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], “2029” [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 nigritulus \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): cardmounted, “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “2029.” [in Broun’s hand], “Otira Gorge”, “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “Paralectotype \ Cyphon nigritulus \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand].

Remarks. Broun (1893) examined four specimens collected from Mount Arthur and two collected from Otira Gorge, Canterbury.