Contacyphon aequalis (Sharp, 1878)

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 29

publication ID

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6043402

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scientific name

Contacyphon aequalis (Sharp, 1878)
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Contacyphon aequalis (Sharp, 1878)

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Cyphon aequalis Sharp 1878: 54 . Broun 1880: 321 (reprinted excerpt of Sharp 1878). Pic 1914: 29 (catalogue). Nyholm 2000: 51 (aedeagus illustrated). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue). Contacyphon aequalis: Zwick et al. 2013: 339 .

Type locality. Christchurch.

Broun number: 581.

Type material examined. 3 exx. Lectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, “ Cyphon aequalis \ Type D. S.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “Type \ H. T.” [round label with red border], “Christchurch, [red underline] \ New Zealand.”, “Christchurch Wakefiel..” [handwritten], “Sharp Coll \ 1905-313.”, “Lectotype \ Cyphon aequalis \ Sharp \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “ Cyphon aequalis \ Ind. typ. D. S.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “Christchurch, [red underline] \ New Zealand.”, “Christchurch.” [handwritten], “Sharp Coll \ 1905-313.”, “Paralectotype \ Cyphon aequalis \ Sharp \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, “ Cyphon aequalis \ Ind. typ. D. S.” [written at base of card in Sharp’s hand], “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “Christchurch, [red underline] \ New Zealand.”, “Christchurch Wakefield” [handwritten], “Sharp Coll \ 1905-313.”, “Paralectotype \ Cyphon aequalis \ Sharp \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand].

Remarks. Sharp (1878) noted that the species was found by Wakefield near Christchurch.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scirtidae

Genus

Contacyphon

Loc

Contacyphon aequalis (Sharp, 1878)

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał 2017
2017
Loc

Contacyphon aequalis:

Zwick et al. 2013: 339
2013
Loc

Cyphon aequalis

Sharp 1878: 54
1878
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