Mesocyphon wakefieldi Sharp, 1878

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 66-67

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4366.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6043634

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F54487B2-FF8C-064F-60F9-F96CFEBB2ECB

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scientific name

Mesocyphon wakefieldi Sharp, 1878
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Mesocyphon wakefieldi Sharp, 1878

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Mesocyphon wakefieldi Sharp 1878: 51 . Broun 1880: 318 (reprinted excerpt of Sharp 1878). Pic 1914: 28 (catalogue). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 421 (catalogue).

Type locality. Christchurch.

Broun number: 574.

Type material examined. 7 exx. Syntype ( NHM): card-mounted, “ Mesocyphon Wake- \ fieldi \ Type D. S. \ Christchurch, Wakefield” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “ Type \ H. T.” [round label with red border], “Christchurch, [red underline] \ New Zealand . ”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.” Syntype ( NHM): card-mounted, “ Mesocyphon Wake- \ fieldi. Ind. typ. \ D. S. \ Christchurch, Wakefield” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Christchurch, [red underline] \ New Zealand . ”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.” Syntype ( NHM): card-mounted, “ Mesocyphon Wake- \ fieldi. Ind. typ. \ D. S. \ Christchurch Wakefield” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Christchurch, [red underline] \ New Zealand . ”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.” Syntype ( NHM): card-mounted, “ Mesocyphon Wake- \ fieldi. \ Ind. typ. \ D. S. \ West coast. Wakefield” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “ New Zealand . [red underline]”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.” Syntype ( NHM): card-mounted, “ Mesocyphon Wake- \ fieldi. Ind. typ. \ var. D. S. \ Christchurch Wakefield” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Christchurch, [red underline] \ New Zealand . ”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.” Syntype ( NHM): card-mounted, “ Mesocyphon Wake- \ fieldi. Ind. typ. \ D. S. \ Christchurch. Wakefield” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Christchurch, [red underline] \ New Zealand . ”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.” Syntype ( NHM): ventrally card-mounted, “ Mesocyphon Wake- \ fieldi. Ind. typ. \ D. S. \ Christchurch. Wakefield” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “Christchurch, [red underline] \ New Zealand.”, “Sharp Coll. \ 1905-313.”

Remarks. The species was found by C. M. Wakefield at Christchurch and on the west coast of the South Island (Sharp 1878).

NHM

University of Nottingham

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scirtidae

Genus

Mesocyphon

Loc

Mesocyphon wakefieldi Sharp, 1878

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał 2017
2017
Loc

Mesocyphon wakefieldi

Sharp 1878: 51
1878
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