Eupines (Byraxis) forficulida ( Broun, 1890 )

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 : 264

Eupines (Byraxis) forficulida ( Broun, 1890)

( Figs 31–32 )

Bryaxis forficulida Broun, 1890: 232 .

Bryaxis forficulida : reprint from Broun 1890 by Broun 1893a: 1047.

Eupines (Byraxis) forficulida : combination and subgeneric assignment by Raffray 1904: 207. Raffray 1911: 83, 1924: 157; Hudson 1923: 364, 1934: 183; Nomura & Leschen 2006: 254; Maddison 2010: 417.

Type locality: [AK] Clevedon.

Broun number: 1872.

Notes: Broun based this species on a single specimen that we found in the BMNH Broun Collection and is confirmed to be the holotype. The original identification label was written as Byraxis , but the original combination was published under Bryaxis .

Type material examined: Holotype ( BMNH): ‘Type [round label with red border] // 1872 [in Broun’s hand] // ♂ [in Broun’s hand] // Clevedon Hunua [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922––482. // Byraxis forficulida [in Broun’s hand]’.

Figures

FIGURES 31–36. Primary type specimens and labels of New Zealand genera of Goniaceritae and their extralimital species. 31–32) Holotype, Eupines (Byraxis) forficulida (Broun, 1890); labels.