Contacyphon remotus (Broun, 1883) (Fig. 12A) Cyphon remotus Broun 1883: 368. Broun 1886: 776 (reprinted excerpt of Broun 1883). Pic 1914: 35 (catalogue, as Cyphon remotus). Nyholm 2000: 50 (aedeagus illustrated). Macfarlane et al. 2011: 420 (catalogue). Contacyphon remotus: Zwick et al. 2013: 346 (as Contacyphon remotus (Broun, 1886)). Type locality. Near Whangarei Harbour. Broun number: 1378. 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], “1378” [in Broun’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.”, “ Cyphon \ remotus ” [in Broun’s hand], “Lectotype \ Cyphon remotus \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [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], “1378” [in Nyholm’s hand], “New Zealand. [red underline] \ Broun Coll. \ Brit. Mus. \ 1922-482.” [in Nyholm’s hand], “Paralectotype \ Cyphon remotus \ Broun \ det. T. Nyholm 1981” [in Nyholm’s hand]. Remarks. Broun described the species from two specimens collected in the vicinity of Whangarei Harbour (Broun 1883).

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