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Contacyphon plumatellus

Description

Contacyphon plumatellus (Broun, 1915)

(Fig. 11H)

Cyphon plumatellus Broun 1915: 320. Nyholm 2000: 64 (female genitalia illustrated). Gen. nr. Cyphon plumatellus Broun: Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue). Contacyphon plumatellus: Zwick et al. 2013: 345.

Type locality. Pudding Hill.

Broun number: 3748.

Type material examined. 1 ex. Holotype (NHM): card-mounted, mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “Holo- \ type” [round label with red border], “3748.” [in Broun’s hand], “Pudding Hill \ 10.12.1912.“ [in Broun’s hand], New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ Cyphon \ plumatellus ” [in Broun’s hand], “Holotype \ Cyphon plumatellus \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand].

Remarks. Broun (1915) studied a single specimen collected on 10.12.1912 by T. Hall from Pudding Hill near Methven. According to Nyholm (2000) this species belongs to an undescribed genus.

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 45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4366.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1125265

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Broun
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scirtidae
Genus
Contacyphon
Species
plumatellus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Contacyphon plumatellus (Broun, 1915) sec. Kiałka & Ruta, 2017