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Cyprobius terrenus Broun 1895

Description

Cyprobius terrenus Broun, 1895

(Fig. 14A)

Cyprobius terrenus Broun 1895: 236. Pic 1914: 51 (catalogue). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue).

Type locality. Waikato, Mount Pirongia.

Broun number: 2818.

Type material examined. 2 exx. Syntype (NHM): ventrally card-mounted, “2818.” [in Broun’s hand], “Waikato”, “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ Cyprobius \ terrenus ” [in Broun’s hand]. Syntype (NHM): card-mounted, “2818.” [in Broun’s hand], “Waikato”, “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ Cyprobius \ terrnenus” [in Broun’s hand].

Remarks. There is no information on the number of specimens examined in the original description (Broun 1895). Broun (1895) noted, that the species was found on the ground amongst leaves, whilst the other members of the genus were collected on shrubs.

Notes

Published as part of Kiałka, Agata & Ruta, Rafał, 2017, An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), pp. 1-76 in Zootaxa 4366 (1) on page 59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4366.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1125265

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Scirtidae
Genus
Cyprobius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Broun
Species
terrenus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Cyprobius terrenus Broun, 1895 sec. Kiałka & Ruta, 2017