Mesocyphon monticola Broun, 1886

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Mesocyphon monticola Broun 1886: 958 . Pic 1914: 28 (catalogue). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 421 (catalogue).

Type locality. Mount Egmont.

Broun number: 1727.

Type material examined. 2 exx. Syntypes (NHM): 2 specimens, card-mounted, “1727.” [in Broun’s hand], “Taranaki”, “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ Mesocyphon \ monticola ” [in Broun’s hand].

Remarks. Broun (1886) examined an unknown number of specimens collected from Mount Egmont (= Taranaki) at an elevation of 3500 ft.