Cafius maritimus (Broun)

Yoo, In-Seong & Ahn, Kee-Jeong, 2022, Cafius zealandicus Cameron, a New Synonym of Cafius maritimus (Broun) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 76 (2), pp. 293-295 : 294-295

Cafius maritimus (Broun)

Staphylinus maritimus Broun 1880: 109 [Type locality: New Zealand: Tairua ; 1 syntype in BMNH]; Bernhauer and Schubert 1914: 362 ( Cafius ; catalog; New Zealand); Koch 1936: 184 ( Cafius ; characters in key; New Zealand); Herman 2001: 2574 ( Cafius ; catalog; New Zealand); Frank and Ahn 2011: 33 ( Cafius : catalog; New Zealand); Yoo et al. 2021: 748 ( Cafius ; phylogeny; revised checklist; New Zealand).

Cafius zealandicus Cameron 1947: 705 [Type locality: New Zealand: Auckland, Titirangi Waitakere Range; 1 syntype in BMNH]; Herman 2001: 2581 ( Cafius ; catalog; New Zealand); Frank and Ahn 2011: 35 ( Cafius : catalog; New Zealand); Yoo et al. 2021: 748 ( Cafius ; revised checklist). New synonym.

Type Specimens Examined. Syntype ( Fig. 1A ), “Type || 202 || Tairua || New Zealand | Broun Coll. | Brit. Mus. | 1922-482 || Cafius | maritimus || SYNTYPE” ( BMNH). Syntype ( Fig. 1B ), “ Paratype || Titirangi | Waitakere | Range | Auckland || Coll. | R. E. Brookes | 1914 || Cafius | zealandicus | Cotype Cam || M. Cameron | Bequest | B.M. 1955-147” ( BMNH). Note: Only one specimen that is clearly part of the original type series could be found for each name, so we believe it is unnecessary to designate lectotypes for these. Additional specimens identified as C. maritimus in the Broun collection in BMNH are from other localities and not considered part of the type series (see below).

Specimens Examined. 1 ex., “202 || Otago || New Zealand | Broun Coll. | Brit. Mus. | 1922-482” ( BMNH) ; 1 ex., “677 || New Zealand | Broun Coll. | Brit. Mus. | 1922-482 || n-sp. nea | Caf. algophilus ” ( BMNH) ; 1 ex., “EX. Broun | Coll. || Otago | South IS.|| Cafius | maritimus Broun || T. Broun | Collection || A. E. Brookes | Collection” ( NZAC) ; 1 ex., “ Tahunanui | Nelson | South IS || Coll. | R. J. Tillyard | Jan. 1925 || Cafius | maritimus | Broun || 202 || A. E. Brookes | Collection” ( NZAC) ; 1 ex., “ NEW ZEALAND, CH | Chatham Island | Ocean Mail Beach | 30.xi.2000 R.M. Emberson | J.B. Johnson under kelp” ( CNUIC) ; 1 ex., “ NEW ZEALAND, CH | Chatham I. Henga Reserve | 29.xi.2000 R.M. Emberson | J.B. Johnson | under boards/logs on beach”; 2 exx., “ A. E. Brookes | Collection” ( CNUIC) .

Figures

Fig. 1. Type specimens and label data. A) Cafius maritimus, B) C. zealandicus.