Mesocyphon marmoratus Sharp, 1878

(Fig. 14L)

Mesocyphon marmoratus Sharp 1878: 50 . Broun 1880: 317 (reprinted excerpt of Sharp 1878). Pic 1914: 28 (catalogue). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 421 (catalogue).

Type locality. Tairua.

Broun number: 572.

Type material examined. 5 exx. Syntype (NHM): card-mounted, “ Mesocyphon mar- \ moratus \ Type D. S. \ Tairua, Broun” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Tairua, [red underline] \ New Zealand . \ Broun.”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.” Syntype (NHM): card-mounted, “ Mesocyphon mar- \ moratus, Ind. typ. \ D. S. \ Tairua, Broun” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Tairua, [red underline] \ New Zealand . \ Broun.”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905- 313.” Syntype (NHM): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “ Mesocyphon mar- \ moratus. \ Ind. typ. \ D. S. \ Tairua, Broun ” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “M. mar- \ moratus \ ♂ ” [handwritten ad base of genitalia slide] “ Tairua, [red underline] \ New Zealand . \ Broun.”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.” Syntype (NHM): disarticulated specimen, card-mounted, “ Mesocyphon mar- \ moratus. D. S. \ Tairua, Broun” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Tairua, [red underline] \ New Zealand . \ Broun.”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.” Syntype (NHM): “ Mesocyphon mar- \ moratus. \ Ind. typ. \ D. S. \ Tairua, Broun” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Tairua, [red underline] \ New Zealand. \ Broun.”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.”

Remarks. Sharp received “half a dozen” individuals from Captain Broun collected from Tairua (Sharp 1878).