Synopsis of the tribe Platynini in New Zealand (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Author
Larochelle
Collection, Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Prosphodrus waimana Larochelle
Author
Larivière, Marie-Claude
- Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland Larochelle and Larivière, new species
text
Insecta Mundi
2021
2021-04-30
2021
864
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96
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5041813
1942-1354
5041813
DF505A18-63A1-44BB-BF5D-13887FAE0DAD
Key to species of
Kupeplatynus
1. Femora and tibiae dark rufous; antennae reddish; elytra oblong, scutellar setiferous pore invisible, striae impunctate, intervals depressed;
Fig. 50
. [Body length 12.8–14.0 mm; submentum with six setae; apex of prosternum pubescent; northern North Island (ND to WO)]..................................................................................
Kupeplatynus sulcitarsis
(Broun)
— Femora and tibiae black piceous; antennal segments 1–3 rufopiceous, 4–11 pale reddish; elytra subovate or ovate, scutellar setiferous pore visible, striae coarsely punctate, intervals convex............
2
2(1). Mandibles very long; submentum with two setae; pronotum slightly convex, moderately cordate, widest before middle, sides moderately sinuate posteriorly; apex of prosternum pubescent; elytra subovate;
Fig. 51
. [Body length
16.5–20.2 mm
; northern North Island (ND to TK–BP)]........................................................................
Kupeplatynus crenatus
(Chaudoir)
— Mandibles moderately long; submentum with four setae; pronotum strongly convex, suborbicular, widest about middle, sides not sinuate posteriorly; apex of prosternum glabrous; elytra ovate;
Fig. 52
. [Body length
15.3–18.4 mm
; northern North Island (ND to TK–TO)]..................................................................................
Kupeplatynus lucifugus
(Broun)