Mesocyphon laticeps Broun, 1893

Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), Zootaxa 4366 (1), pp. 1-76 : 63

Mesocyphon laticeps Broun, 1893

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Mesocyphon laticeps Broun 1893: 1142 . Pic 1914: 28 (catalogue). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 421 (catalogue).

Type locality. Mount Arthur.

Broun number: 2025.

Type material examined. 6 exx. Syntypes ( NHM): 2 specimens, card-mounted, “2025.” [in Broun’s hand], “ Mount Arthur ”, “ New Zealand . [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ Mesocyphon laticeps ” [handwritten]. Syntypes ( NHM): 2 specimens, card-mounted, “var. \ 2025.” [in Broun’s hand], “ Mount \ Arthur ” [in Broun’s hand], “ New Zealand . [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.” Syntypes ( NHM): 2 specimens, card-mounted, “var. \ 2025.” [in Broun’s hand], “ Mount \ Arthur ” [in Broun’s hand], “ New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”

Remarks. Broun (1893) examined numerous specimens from Mount Arthur collected by Cheeseman and Adams.

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.