An illustrated catalogue of the New Zealand marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) Author Kiałka, Agata Author Ruta, Rafał text Zootaxa 2017 2017-12-22 4366 1 1 76 journal article 31104 10.11646/zootaxa.4366.1.1 1ccec85a-ccd1-4151-b51a-411ba91ef406 1175-5326 1125265 FB8D05F7-52A8-4C95-859B-B4933E718AB6 Contacyphon propinquus (Broun, 1883) ( Fig. 11I ) Cyphon propinquus Broun 1883: 369 . Broun 1886: 778 (reprinted excerpt of Broun 1883). Pic 1914: 34 (catalogue, as Cyphon propinquus Broun, 1886 ). Nyholm 2000: 64 (bursella and prehensor illustrated). Gen. nr. Cyphon propinquus Broun : Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue). Contacyphon propinquus : Zwick et al. 2013: 345 (as Contacyphon propinquus (Broun, 1886)) . Type locality. Wellington . Broun number: 1383. Type material examined. 2 exx. Lectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “1383.” [in Broun’s hand], “Wellington“, “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ Cyphon \ propinquus ” [in Broun’s hand], “Lectotype ♀ \ Cyphon propinquus \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1982” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on two glass slides pinned together with the specimen, “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “1383.” [in Nyholm’s hand], “Wellington“[in Nyholm’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.” [in Nyholm’s hand], “Paralectotype ♀ \ Cyphon propinquus \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1982” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Remarks. Broun studied two specimens collected by P. Stewart-Sandager from Wellington . According to Nyholm (2000) this species belongs to an undescribed genus.