Eupines deformis ( 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 deformis ( Sharp, 1874)

( Figs 23–24 )

Bryaxis deformis Sharp, 1874: 499 .

Bryaxis deformis : reprint from Sharp1874 by Sharp 1876: 277.

Bryaxis deformis : reprinted excerpt from Sharp1874 by Broun 1880: 130.

Eupines (Byraxis) deformis : combination and subgeneric assignment by Raffray 1904: 208. Raffray 1911: 83, 1924: 157; Hudson 1923: 364, 1934: 182; Nomura & Leschen 2006: 254; Maddison 2010: 417.

Type locality: New Zealand .

Broun number: 238.

Notes: Sharp based this species on a single female specimen that we found in the BMNH main Collection and confirmed to be the holotype. In this case, the subgeneric assignment is not made for this species.

Type material examined: Holotype ( BMNH): ‘ Type H. T. [round label with red border] // N. Zeald [in sharp’s hand] // Sharp Coll. 1905-313. // Bryaxis deformis ♀ Type. D.S. [in Sharp’s hand]’.

Figures

FIGURES 19–24. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand genera of Goniaceritae and their extralimital species. 19–20) Holotype, Eupines (Byraxis) crassicornides Newton, 2017; labels.