Checklist and type designations of New Zealand Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Author Leschen, Richard A. B. Author Newton, Alfred F. text Zootaxa 2015 4028 3 301 353 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.1 ea9c9aec-82fc-4fc9-957f-9acde6fa21f9 1175-5326 237988 10D1874C-8E75-4330-8FCC-C744B58563DC OXYPODINI subtribe incertae sedis Anocalea Fenyes 1921 Anocalea Fenyes 1921: 27 . Type species: Anocalea thaxteri Fenyes, 1921 , by original designation. Notes: The genus Anocalea includes 13 valid species from Chile , and was hitherto considered endemic to Chile , but one unidentified species has been reported from New Zealand . Anocalea undet. sp. (Klimaszewski et al. 1996). Distribution: New Zealand . Austrocalea Cameron 1948 Austrocalea Cameron 1948: 728 . Type species: Austrocalea lewisi Cameron , 1948 , by monotypy. Note: as synonym of Makara , Klimaszewski et al. (1996: 149) . Notes: The genus Austrocalea includes only two species, both endemic to New Zealand . Austrocalea brookesi Cameron 1950 Austrocalea brookesi Cameron 1950: 25 . Type locality: Auckland: Mt. Roskill. Type depository: NZAC LT, BMNH 1PLT (designated below). Note: New Zealand , Kuschel (1990) (as "introduced", in error), Sivasubramaniam et al. (1997); as “ Austrocalea brookesi ( Cameron ) " in Klimaszewski et al. (1996: 149), implying not true Austrocalea . Distribution: New Zealand (AK, MC). Remarks. The number of specimens examined for naming this species was not indicated by Cameron . In order to stabilize this name a lectotype and one paralectotype are here designated for two syntypes of Austrocalea brookesi . Type material examined. Lectotype ( NZAC ): card-mounted (10 handwritten at base of card), “Coll. A. E. Brookes. March. 1948. [in Brookes’ hand] // Mt. Roskill. Auckland. [in Brookes’ hand] // under garden rubbish [in Brookes’ hand] // Austrocalea brooksei Cam. TYPE [in Cameron’s hand, “ type ” in red ink] // A. E. Brookes Collection // NZAC specimen database record 1007112 // NZ Arthropod Collection Private Bag 92170 Auckland New Zealand NZAC 04065714 [barcode label]”. Paralectotype ( BMNH ): card-mounted, “Para-type [round label with yellow border] // N. Zealand Auckland M t. Roskill [in Cameron’s hand] // Austrocalea brooksei Cam. COTYPE [in Cameron’s hand, “ type ” written in red ink] // M. Cameron . Bequest. B.M. 1955-147.”. Austrocalea lewisi Cameron 1948 Austrocalea lewisi Cameron 1948: 729 . Type locality: Westland: Otira Gorge. Type depository: NZAC LT, 1PLT, BMNH 1PLT (designated below). Note: in genus Makara in NZAC (nov.?) and implied in Klimaszewski et al. (1996: 149). Distribution: New Zealand (WD). Remarks. Cameron did not indicate the number of specimens he based this species, but three were probably the original number because on a card accommodating three specimens labeled as type in the NZAC, the right specimen was removed and re-mounted separately, relabeled and and retained from the series by Cameron . In order to stabilize this name a lectotype and 2 paralectotypes are here designated for these specimens of Austrocalea lewisi . Type material examined. Lectotype ( NZAC ): card-mounted (left specimen, pink dot below it), “Coll. J. H. Lewis 1907 . . Westland [in Brookes’ hand] // Austrocalea lewisi Cam TYPE [in Cameron’s hand, “ type ” in red ink] // Kept 1 [in Cameron’s hand] // A. E. Brookes Collection // NZAC specimen database record 1007114 // NZ Arthropod Collection Private Bag 92170 Auckland New Zealand NZAC 04065715 [barcode label]”. Paralectotypes : 1 ( NZAC ), card-mounted (right specimen), same data as lectotype ; 1 ( BMNH ), card-mounted, “Para-type [round label with yellow border] // N. Zealand Westland Otira Gorge [in Cameron’s hand] // Austrocalea lewisi Cam. COTYPE [in Cameron’s hand, “ type ” written in red ink] // M. Cameron . Bequest. B.M. 1955-147.”. Brouniana Blackwelder 1952 Brouniana Blackwelder 1952: 86 new name for Brounia Blackwelder (attributed to Cameron ). Type species: Brounia vulcanica Cameron , 1945 , by autotypy. = Brounia Cameron 1945: 176 (nomen nudum, no type species designated; preoccupied, not Sharp 1878, Raffray 1898). Type species: none designated. =Botromana Cameron 1948: 731 (new name for Brounia Cameron ; nomen nudum, no type species designated). Type species: none designated. = Brounia Blackwelder 1952: 85 (validation of Brounia Cameron by designation of type species; preoccupied, not Sharp 1878, Raffray 1898). Type species: Brounia vulcanica Cameron , 1945 , by original designation. Notes: Brouniana includes only the following two species, endemic to New Zealand . Brouniana lucida ( Cameron 1945) Brounia lucida Cameron 1945: 178 . Type locality: New Zealand : Rangitota [ sic , Rangitoto]. Type depository: BMNH HT. Distribution: New Zealand (AK). Remarks. Cameron based his description on a “unique” specimen that we confirmed as the holotype . Type material examined. Holotype ( BMNH ): card-mounted, “near- 169. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand . [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Rangitota. 28.10.1912 . [in Broun’s hand] // Brounia lucida Cam. TYPE [in Cameron’s hand, “ type ” written in red ink] // Holo-type [round label with red border].”. Brouniana vulcanica ( Cameron 1945) Brounia vulcanica Cameron 1945: 177 (attributed to Broun in litt. (in Calodera )). Type locality: New Zealand : Makara (LT). Type depository: BMNH LT, 4PLT (designated below). Distribution: New Zealand (AK,WO?). Remarks. Cameron did not explicitly state the numbers of specimens he based this species. In order to stabilize this name a lectotype (in the Main Collection) and 4 paralectotypes (in the Broun Collection) are here designated for specimens of Brouniana vulcanica . Type material examined. Lectotype ( BMNH ): card-mounted (♂ printed at base of card), “Holo-type [round label with red border] // Makara N. Zealand Hudson 1210 [in Cameron’s hand] // Brounia vulcanica Cam. TYPE [in Cameron’s hand, “ type ” written in red ink].” Paralectotypes ( BMNH ): 1, card-mounted missing opart of the right antenna), “Epsom. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand . [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Para-type [round label with yellow border]”; 1, card-mounted missing opart of the right antenna), “n. sp. antenna [in Broun’s hand] // Howick. Dec r 1885. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand . [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Para-type [round label with yellow border]”; 1, card-mounted missing opart of the right antenna), “Hunua Maketu. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand . [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Calodera vulcanica [in Broun’s hand] // Para-type [round label with yellow border].”; 1, card-mounted missing opart of the right antenna), “Ngatira Rotorua. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand . [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Calodera vulcanica [in Broun’s hand] // Para-type [round label with yellow border]”. Colle Steel 1964 Colle Steel 1964: 373 . Type species: Colle campbellensis Steel, 1964 , by original designation. Notes: Colle includes a single species endemic to Campbell Island . Colle campbellensis Steel 1964 Colle campbellensis Steel 1964: 373 . Type locality: Campbell I.: Mt. Honey, 550 m , near summit. Type depository: NZAC HT, 10PT; BPBM, BMNH 7PT. Distribution: Campbell I. (CA). Gastrolamprusa Pace 1982 Gastrolamprusa Pace 1982: 174 . Type species: Leptusa helmsi Bernhauer, 1941 , by original designation. Notes: Gastrolamprusa includes a single species and is endemic to New Zealand . Gastrolamprusa helmsi (Bernhauer 1941) Leptusa (Pasilia) Helmsi Bernhauer 1941: 38 . Type locality: "Neu-Seeland". Type depository: FMNH HT♀. Note: to Gastrolamprusa , Pace (1982) . Distribution: New Zealand . Remarks. Bernhauer based his description on a single specimen that we confirmed as the holotype . Type material examined. Holotype female ( FMNH ): card-mounted, with mouthparts and spermatheca mounted in balsam slide below, “Now. Zeeland Helms Reitter [bordered white label] // Helmsi Brnh. Typus un. Leptusa [in Bernhauer’s hand, red label] // Chicago NHMus M.Bernhauer Collection // Gastrolamprusa GEN. NOV. MIHI helmsi (Bernhauer) [in Pace's hand] det. R. Pace 1980 // HOLOTYPE teste D. J. Clarke2014 GDI Imaging Project [violet label] // Photographed Kelsey Keaton 2014 Emu Catalog [blue label] // FMNHINS 2819195 FIELD MUSEUM [barcode label]”. Makara Cameron 1948 Makara Cameron 1948: 731 (new name for Maoria Cameron ). Type species: Maoria hudsoni Cameron , 1945 , by autotypy. = Maoria Cameron 1945: 171 (preoccupied, not Laporte de Castelnau 1868, Pillsbry 1892, Warren 1912; also Franz 1975). Type species: Maoria hudsoni Cameron , 1945 , by monotypy. =Malcama Blackwelder 1952: 230 (new name for Maoria Cameron ). Type species: Maoria hudsoni Cameron , 1945 , by autotypy. Notes: Makara includes a single species and is endemic to New Zealand . Makara hudsoni ( Cameron 1945) Maoria hudsoni Cameron 1945: 172 . Type locality: New Zealand : Mt. Aurum, Lake Makatipu [ sic , =Wakatipu]. Type depository: BMNH LT, 3PLT (designated below). Distribution: New Zealand (OL?). Remarks. Cameron did not explicitly state the number of specimens on which he based this species. In order to stabilize this name a lectotype and three paralectotypes are here designated for syntypes of Brounia vulcanica . Type material examined. Lectotype ( BMNH ): card-mounted, “M t. Aurum N. Zealand (Hudson 1149) [in Cameron’s hand] // Maoria hudsoni Brounia Cam TYPE [in Cameron’s hand, “ type ” written in red ink] // M. Cameron . Bequest. B.M. 1955-147.”. Paralectotypes ( BMNH ): 1, card-mounted, “ NEW ZEALAND . Mt. Aurum. Lake Wakatipu 300 ft . G. V. Hudson 1149. [in Hudson’s hand, partly printed] // M. Cameron . Bequest. B.M. 1955- 147.”; 1, card-mounted, “M t. Aurum N. Zealand (Hudson 1149) [in Cameron’s hand] // Not in Broun coll. [in Cameron’s hand] // M. Cameron . Bequest. B.M. 1955-147.”; 1, card-mounted (partly dissected), “M t. Aurum Lake Wakatipu N. Zealand [in Cameron’s hand] // Maoria hudsoni Brounia Cam [in Cameron’s hand] // M. Cameron . Bequest. B.M. 1955-147.”. Marecon Blackwelder 1952 STATUS NOV. Marecon Blackwelder 1952: 230 (new name for Eurynotus Cameron ). Type species: Gyrophaena rufipenne Broun, 1880 , by autotypy. = Eurynotus Cameron 1945: 170 (preoccupied, not Kirby 1817, Agassiz 1835, Scott 1898). Type species: Gyrophaena rufipenne Broun, 1880 , by original designation. = Gyronotus Cameron 1948: 731 (new name for Eurynotus Cameron ; preoccupied, not Lansberge 1874). Type species: Gyrophaena rufipenne Broun, 1880 , by autotypy. SYN. NOV. Notes: Marecon is the only available name for this genus and must replace the preoccupied name Gyronotus . Marecon includes a single species and is endemic to New Zealand . Marecon rufipennis (Broun 1880) COMB. RESURR. (ex Gyronotus ) Gyrophaena rufipenne Broun 1880: 92 . Type locality: Parua. Type depository: BMNH LT (designated below). Note: ex Calodera , Cameron 1945 ; as Gyronotus , Kuschel (1990: 46) , Klimaszewski et al. (1996:149), Frank & Ahn (2011:28). Distribution: New Zealand (AK,ND). Remarks. Broun based his description on two specimens, and one in BMNH was identified as a syntype . In order to stabilize this name a lectotype is here designated for this specimen of Gyrophaena rufipenne . Type material examined. Lectotype ( BMNH ): card-mounted (specimen with original card, recarded), “ Type [round label with red border] // 170. [green label] // Parua. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand . [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Calodera . rufipennis [in Broun’s hand] // Eurynotus Cam. [in Cameron’s hand]”. Mecrona Blackwelder 1952 Mecrona Blackwelder 1952: 232 (new name for Calonotus Cameron ). Type species: Calodera algophila Broun, 1886 , by autotypy. = Calonotus Cameron 1945: 171 (preoccupied, not Agassiz 1846, Jan 1863 ). Type species: Calodera algophila Broun, 1886 , by original designation. = Dasydera Cameron 1948: 731 (new name for Calonotus Cameron ; preoccupied, not LeConte 1861). Type species: Calodera algophila Broun, 1886 , by autotypy. Notes: Mecrona includes a single species and is endemic to New Zealand . Mecrona algophila (Broun 1886) Calodera algophila Broun 1886: 941 . Type locality: Mokohinau Island . Type depository: BMNH LT, 1PLT (designated below). Note: as Dasydera , Frank & Ahn (2011:28) . Distribution: New Zealand (ND). Remarks. Broun did not mention the number of specimens he based this species on, and we located two syntypes in the BMNH. In order to stabilize this name a lectotype and one paralectotype are here designated for these specimens of Gyrophaena rufipenne . Type material examined. Lectotype ( BMNH ): card-mounted, “ Type [round label with red border] // 1693. [in Broun’s hand] // Mokohinau // New Zealand . [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Calodera algophila [in Broun’s hand]”. Paralectotype ( BMNH ): card-mounted, “1693. [in Broun’s hand] // Mokohinau // New Zealand . [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // algophila [in unknown hand]”. Neodoxa Klimaszewski, Marris & Thorpe 2003 Neodoxa Klimaszewski, Marris & Thorpe 2003: 119 (new name for Heterodoxa Cameron 1950 ). Type species: Heterodoxa secreta Cameron , 1950 , by autotypy. = Heterodoxa Cameron 1950: 25 (preoccupied, not Malloch 1932). Type species: Heterodoxa secreta Cameron , 1950 , by original designation. Notes: Neodoxa includes only two species and is endemic to New Zealand (including Three Kings Islands). Neodoxa giachinoi Pace 2008 Neodoxa giachinoi Pace 2008b: 86 . Type locality: New Zealand , N. Island , 670m , Urewera N.P., Onepoto Cave (vaglio). Type depository: NZAC HT♂, 1PT♀. Distribution: New Zealand (GB,TK). Neodoxa secreta ( Cameron 1950) Heterodoxa secreta Cameron 1950: 25 . Type locality: Great King Island . Type depository: AMNZ LT, 2PLT (designated by Klimaszewski et al. 2003: 122). Distribution: New Zealand (TH). Remarks. Cameron stated that the types are in the AMNZ and co-types are in his collection. We located an additional five syntypes in the BMNH and six syntypes in the NZAC that were not labelled as paralectotypes by Klimaszewski et al. (2003) who fixed the name by lectotypy and labelled the specimen in the AMNZ as a lectotype . We affixed the following label to each of the BMNH and NZAC specimens: “ PARALECTOTYPE Heterodoxa secreta Cameron 1950 , teste Leschen 2014”. Neozelandusa Pace 2008 Neozelandusa Pace 2008b: 88. Type species: Neozelandusa giachinoi Pace, 2008 , by original designation. Notes: Neozelandusa includes a single species and is endemic to New Zealand . Neozelandusa giachinoi Pace 2008 Neozelandusa giachinoi Pace 2008b: 89 . Type locality: New Zealand , N. isl., 850m , Tongariro N.P., Erua for[est]. Type depository: NZAC HT♂. Distribution: New Zealand (TO). Paraphytopus Cameron 1948 Paraphytopus Cameron 1948: 730 . Type species: Paraphytopus brookesi Cameron , 1948 , by monotypy. Notes: Paraphytopus includes only two species, both endemic to New Zealand . Paraphytopus brookesi Cameron 1948 Paraphytopus brookesi Cameron 1948: 730 . Type locality: Canterbury: Bealy Flat. Type depository: NZAC LT, 2PLT; BMNH 1PLT (designated below). Distribution: New Zealand (MC). Remarks. Cameron did not explicitly state the number of specimens on which he based this species. In order to stabilize this name a lectotype and 3 paralectotypes are here designated for syntypes of Paraphytopus brookesi . Type material examined. Lectotype ( NZAC ): card-mounted (far left specimen with pink dot underneath; “11” handwritten in pencil at base of card), “Coll. E. S. Brookes 21-5-1945 . [in Brookes’ hand] // Leaf-mould [in Brookes’ hand] // Bealy Flat. Canterbury [in Brookes’ hand] // Paraphytopus brookesi Cam TYPE [in Cameron’s hand, “ type ” in red ink] // A. E. Brookes Collection // NZAC specimen database record 1007117 // NZ Arthropod Collection Private Bag 92170 Auckland New Zealand NZAC 04065736 [barcode label]”. Paralectotypes : 2 ( NZAC ), card-mounted (middle specimen mounted dorsally and right specimen together with lectotype ), same data as lectotype ; 1 ( BMNH ), card-mounted (dorsally), “SYN-TYPE [round label with powder blue border] // Bealy Flat, Canterbury [in Brookes’ hand] // Leaf-mould. [in Brookes’ hand] // Coll. E.S. Brookes. 21.5-1945. [in Brookes’ hand] // Paraphytophus brookesi Cam COTYPE [in Cameron’s hand, “cotype” in red ink] // M. Cameron . Bequest. B.M. 1955-147.”. Paraphytopus minutus Cameron 1948 Paraphytopus minutus Cameron 1948: 731 . Type locality: Canterbury: Te Moaka [ sic , =Te Moana], Geraldine. Type depository: BMNH NZAC LT , BMNH 1 PLT (designated below). Distribution: New Zealand (SC). Remarks. Cameron did not explicitly state the number of specimens on which he based this species. In order to stabilize this name a lectotype and a paralectotype are here designated for syntypes of Paraphytopus minutus . Type material examined. Lectotype ( NZAC ): card-mounted (“23” handwritten in pencil at base of card), “Coll. E. S. Brookes 4-1-1946 . [in Brookes’ hand] // Leaf-mould [in Brookes’ hand] // Te Moana, Geraldine. Canterbury [in Brookes’ hand] // Paraphytopus minutus Cam TYPE [in Cameron’s hand, “ type ” in red ink] // A. E. Brookes Collection // NZAC specimen database record 1007116 // NZ Arthropod Collection Private Bag 92170 Auckland New Zealand NZAC 04065735 [barcode label]”. Paralectotype ( BMNH ): card-mounted (right antenna missing), “SYN-TYPE [round label with powder blue border] // Te Moana, Geraldine, Canterbury. [in Brookes’ hand] // Leaf-mould. [in Brookes’ hand] // Coll. E.S. Brookes. 7-1-1946 . [in Brookes’ hand] // Paraphytophus minutus Cam COTYPE [in Cameron’s hand, “cotype” in red ink] // M. Cameron . Bequest. B.M. 1955-147.”. Polylobus Solier 1849 Polylobus Solier 1849: 354 . Type species: Polylobus maculipennis Solier, 1849 , designated by Fenyes (1918: 24). Notes: Polylobus contains 75 valid species from the Neotropical region, Australia and New Zealand (one endemic species). Polylobus sternalis (Broun 1880) Gyrophaena sternale Broun 1880: 88 . Type locality: near Whangarei Harbour. Type depository: BMNH LT, 1PLT (designated below). Distribution: New Zealand (ND). Remarks. Broun indicated that two specimens were the basis for this species, and these were located in the BMNH. In order to stabilize this name a lectotype and one paralectotype are here designated for these specimen of Gyrophaena sternale . Type material examined. Lectotype ( BMNH ): card-mounted (right specimen, left antenna missing), “ Type [round label with red border] // 160. [green label] // Parua –Whangarei [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand . [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Polylobus sternalis [in Broun’s hand] // Gen. dub. [in Cameron’s hand]”. Paralectotype ( BMNH ): card-mounted (left specimen mounted dorsally with head missing), shared labels with lectotype . Sytus Blackwelder 1952 Sytus Blackwelder 1952: 368 (new name for Dasynotus Broun ). Type species: Dasynotus fulgens Broun, 1880 , by autotypy. = Dasynotus Broun 1880: 93 (preoccupied, not Wagler 1830). Type species: Dasynotus fulgens Broun, 1880 , designated by Fenyes (1918: 22). subgenus Bunandrogaster Pace 1982: 176 . Type species: Leptusa curiosa Bernhauer, 1941 , by original designation. Notes: The genus Sytus is endemic to New Zealand , with seven species. Sytus aerarius (Broun 1880) Dasynotus aerarius Broun 1880: 94 . Type locality: Tairua; Whangarei Harbour. Type depository: BMNH LT, 1PLT (designated below). Note: DN in Nunn (2003); not Calodera but not placed, record ex Auckland, Assing (2003). Distribution: New Zealand (AK,CL,ND,WA,WN; DN). Remarks. Broun indicated that 6- 7 specimens were the basis for naming this species, two of which were located in the BMNH. In order to stabilize this name a lectotype and one paralectotype are here designated for a specimen of Dasynotus aerarius . Type material examined. Lectotype ( BMNH ): card-mounted, “173. [green label] // Tairua // New Zealand . [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Calodera aeraria [in Broun’s hand]”. Paralectotype ( BMNH ): cardmounted, “ Type [round label with red border] // 173. [green label] // Manaia. Whangarei. [in Broun’s hand] // aeraria [in unknown hand]”. Sytus bifossuta ( Cameron 1945) Dasynotus bifossuta Cameron 1945: 170 (attributed to Broun in litt. (in Calodera )). Type locality: New Zealand : Greymouth. Type depository: BMNH HT. Distribution: New Zealand (BR). Remarks. Cameron based his description on a “unique” specimen that we confirmed as the holotype . Type material examined. Holotype ( BMNH ): card-mounted (most of the left antenna missing), “Holo-type [round label with red border] // Greymouth. - Lewis - [in Broun’s hand] // Calodera biffossuta [in Broun’s hand] // Dasynotus bifossuta Cam TYPE [in Cameron’s hand, “ type ” in red ink]”. Sytus (Bunandrogaster) curiosus (Bernhauer 1941) Leptusa (Leptusa) curiosa Bernhauer 1941: 37 (attributed to in litt. (in Oxypoda )). Type locality: Mt. Hutt. Type depository: FMNH LT, BMNH 2PLT (designated below). Note: to Sytus , Pace (1982) . Distribution: New Zealand (MC). Remarks. Bernhauer did not indicate the number of specimens he examined for naming this species, but one syntype was located in the FMNH and two in the BMNH were curated under the genus “ Brunandrogaster ”. In order to stabilize this name, a lectotype (FMNH) and two paralectotypes (BMNH) are here designated for these specimens of Leptusa curiosa . The FMNH syntype was erroneously cited as "tipo unico" by Pace (1982). Type material examined. Lectotype ( FMNH ): card-mounted (genitalia in balsam on acetate mount and mouthparts on microslide), “ New Zealand . [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Mt. Hutt. 12.4.1912 [in Bernhauer’s hand] // ♂ … [illegible, in Bernhauer’s hand] // Oxypoda curiosa Brh. Typ. [in Bernhauer’s hand]. ] Bnhauer det. // BRIT . MUS. DON. ARROW // curiosa Brnh. Typus Leptusa [in Bernhauer’s hand, red label] // Chicago NHMus M.Bernhauer Collection // Dasynotus curiosus ( BERNH .) det. R. Pace 1980 [in Pace’s hand, partly printed] // SYNTYPE teste D. J. Clarke2014 GDI Imaging Project [violet label] // Photographed Kelsey Keaton 2014 Emu Catalog [blue label] // FMNHINS 2819290 FIELD MUSEUM [barcode label]”. Paralectotypes ( BMNH ): 1, card-mounted, “ Type [round label with red border] // New Zealand . [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // M t. Hutt. 12.4.1912 . [in Broun’s hand] // Oxypoda curiosa Bernh. Bernhauer det. Typ. [in Bernhauer’s hand, partly printed] // Homalota curiosa – near – [in Broun’s hand, partly illegible]”; 1, card- mounted, “M t. Hutt. 12.4.1912 . [in Broun’s hand] // Ischno. sp. [in Broun’s hand, red marked] // New Zealand . [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482.”. Sytus flavescens (Broun 1880) Dasynotus flavescens Broun 1880: 93 . Type locality: Parua [LT, published as "Whangarei Harbour"]. Type depository: BMNH LT, 1PLT (designated below). Note: DN in Nunn (2003). Distribution: New Zealand (AK,ND,TO; DN). Remarks. Broun based this species on two specimens. In order to stabilize this name a lectotype and one paralectotype are here designated for these syntypes of Dasynotus flavescens . Type material examined. Lectotype ( BMNH ): card-mounted (part of the right antenna is missing), “ Type [round label with red border] // 171. [green label] // Parua. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand . [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Calodera flavescens . [in Broun’s hand]”. Paralectotype ( BMNH ): card-mounted (some appendages missing), “171. [green label] // Auck. [in Broun’s hand] // Calodera [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand . [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482.”. Sytus fulgens (Broun 1880) Dasynotus fulgens Broun 1880: 95 . Type locality: Parua, near Whangarei Harbour. Type depository: BMNH HT. Distribution: New Zealand (ND). Remarks. Broun based his description on a single specimen that we confirmed as the holotype . Type material examined. Holotype ( BMNH ): Lectotype ( BMNH ): card-mounted (head is mounted dorsally), “ Type [round label with red border] // 175. [green label] // Parua. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand . [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Calodera fulgens . [in Broun’s hand]”. Sytus granifer (Broun 1894) Calodera granifer Broun 1894: 381 . Type locality: Waitakerei Range. Type depository: BMNH HT. Note: as Sytus , Kuschel (1990) . Distribution: New Zealand (AK,ND). Remarks. Broun based his description on a single specimen that we confirmed as the holotype . Type material examined. Holotype ( BMNH ): card-mounted (left hind leg missing), “ Type [round label with red ] // 2689 . [in Broun’s hand] // Waitakerei // New Zealand . [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922 - 482 . / / Calodera granifer . [in Broun’s hand]”. Sytus optabilis (Broun 1880) Dasynotus optabilis Broun 1880: 94 . Type locality: Manaia, Whangarei [LT, originally published as near Whangarei Harbour]. Type depository: BMNH HT . Distribution: New Zealand (ND). Remarks. Broun based his description on a single specimen that we confirmed as the holotype . Type material examined. Holotype ( BMNH ): Lectotype ( BMNH ): card-mounted, “ Type [round label with red border] // 172. [green label] // Manaia. Whangarei. [in Broun’s hand] // New Zealand . [red underline] Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922-482. // Calodera optabilis . [in Broun’s hand]”.