Mesocyphon granulatus Broun, 1886

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 62

Mesocyphon granulatus Broun, 1886

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Mesocyphon granulatus Broun 1886: 958 . Pic 1914: 28 (catalogue). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 421 (catalogue).

Type locality. Mount Egmont.

Broun number: 1728.

Type material examined. 3 exx. Syntypes (NHM): 2 specimens, card-mounted, “1728.” [in Broun’s hand], “Taranaki”, “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ Mesocyphon \ granulatus ” [in Broun’s hand]. Syntype (NHM): card-mounted, “1728.” [in Broun’s hand], “Mount Egmont”, “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”

Remarks. Broun (1886) examined unknown number of specimens collected from Mount Egmont (= Taranaki) at an elevation of 3000 ft.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Primary type specimens of New Zealand Scirtidae. A) Syntype, Cyprobius terrenus Broun, 1895; B) Syntype, Cyprobius undulatus Broun, 1883; C) Syntype, Mesocyphon bifoveatus Broun, 1914; D) Holotype, Mesocyphon capito Broun, 1914; E) Syntype, Mesocyphon divergens Sharp, 1878; F) Syntype, Mesocyphon granulatus Broun, 1886; G) Syntype, Mesocyphonhalli Broun, 1914; H) Syntype, Mesocyphonlateralis Broun, 1914;I)Syntype,Mesocyphon laticeps Broun,1893; J) Syntype, Mesocyphon longicornis Broun, 1914; K) Syntype, Mesocyphon mandibularis Broun, 1912; L) Syntype, Mesocyphon marmoratus Sharp, 1878. Scale bar = 1 mm.