Contacyphon rectalis (Broun, 1886) (Fig. 11K) Cyphon rectalis Broun 1886: 837. Pic 1914: 35 (catalogue). Nyholm 2000: 52 (aedeagus illustrated). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue). Contacyphon rectalis: Zwick et al. 2013: 345 (as Contacyphon rectalis (Broun, 1886)). Type locality. Otago. Broun number: 1490. Type material examined. 3 exx. Lectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “1490” [in Broun’s hand], “Otago” [in Broun’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ Cyphon \ rectalis ” [in Broun’s hand], “Lectotype ♂ \ Cyphon rectalis Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1982” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “1490” [in Broun’s hand], “Otago” [in Broun’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ rectalis ” [in Broun’s hand], “Paralectotype \ Cyphon rectalis Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1982” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Paralectotype (NHM, here validated): card-mounted, genitalia mounted on glass slide pinned together with the specimen, “PARA- \ LECTO- \ TYPE” [round label with blue border], “1490” [in Nyholm’s hand], “Otago” [in Nyholm’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.” [in Nyholm’s hand], “Paralectotype ♂ \ Cyphon rectalis Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1982” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Remarks. Broun (1886) examined an unknown number of specimens collected from Otago by Chalmer and Fulton.

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