Eupines (Byraxis) dispar ( Sharp, 1874 )

Shen, Jia-Wei & Leschen, Richard A. B., 2019, Catalogue and type designations for New Zealand Goniaceritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), Zootaxa 4614 (2), pp. 255-302 : 263

Eupines (Byraxis) dispar ( Sharp, 1874)

( Figs 25–28 )

Bryaxis dispar Sharp, 1874: 498 .

Bryaxis dispar : reprint from Sharp 1874 by Sharp 1876: 277.

Bryaxis dispar : reprinted excerpt from Sharp 1874 by Broun 1880: 127.

Bryaxis ovalipennis Schaufuss, 1880a: 25 . Type locality: New Zealand.

Bryaxis ovalipennis : reprint from Schaufuss 1880a by Schaufuss 1880b: 501. Synonymized by Raffray 1911: 82.

Eupines (Byraxis) dispar : combination and subgeneric assignment by Raffray 1904: 207. Hudson 1923: 364, 1934: 182; Nomura & Leschen 2006: 254; Maddison 2010: 417.

Type locality: [AK] Auckland .

Broun number: 234.

Notes: Sharp received five males and a female of Bryaxis dispar from Mr Edwards. Only four of the six specimens matching the locality data in the BMNH main collection were located. Three additional specimens in the same collection, two lacking locality labels and one from a different locality, are not considered to be part of the syntype series. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype and three paralectotypes are here designated for Bryaxis dispar . Schaufuss did not mention the number of specimens he examined for Bryaxis ovalipennis but described both sexes. Only one male was located in SDEI; it is here designated to be the lectotype for Bryaxis ovalipennis and we confirm that Bryaxis ovalipennis is a junior synonym of Bryaxis dispar .

Type material of Bryaxis dispar examined: Lectotype ( BMNH): ‘ N. Zeald [in Sharp’s hand] // Sharp Coll. 1905-313. // Bryaxis dispar ♂ Ind. Typ. D.S. [in Sharp’s hand] ’. Paralectotype ( BMNH): 2, mounted together on same card and pin, ‘ N. Zeald [in Sharp’s hand] // Sharp Coll. 1905-313. // Bryaxis dispar ♂ Ind. Typ. D.S. [in Sharp’s hand] ’. Paralectotype ( BMNH): 1, ‘ N. Zeald [in Sharp’s hand] // Sharp Coll. 1905-313. // Bryaxis dispar ♀ Ind. Typ. D.S. [in Sharp’s hand] ’.

Type material of Bryaxis ovalipennis examined: Lectotype ( SDEI): ‘n. z. [in Schaufuss’ hand] // ♂ [in Schaufuss’ hand] // C. Schaufuss 1930 // Syntypus [red label] // ovalipennis [unknown hand]’.

Figures

FIGURES 25–30. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand genera of Goniaceritae and their extralimital species. 25–26) Lectotype, Eupines (Byraxis) dispar (Sharp, 1874); labels.