Synopsis of the subfamily Carventinae in New Zealand (Heteroptera: Aradidae) Author Larivière, Marie-Claude New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Manaaki Private Bag 92170, Auckland 1142 Author Larochelle, André Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research 1142, New Zealand text Insecta Mundi 2022 2022-10-28 2022 961 1 54 journal article 54558 10.5281/zenodo.7399305 9a0e69ab-6923-450d-bc0c-fc2e9edfc0ff 1942-1354 7399305 CAF794A0-89C7-498F-84D0-940FDDB648F3 Key to species of Modicarventus 1. Head shorter than wide across eyes. Thorax moderately narrowed anteriorly. Lateral margins of pronotum, mesonotum, and metanotum broadly and contiguously granulate; rows of granules well defined. Fig. 60–61 . [Body length about 2.5 mm (male), 3.1 mm (female). North Island : Northland (ND), northernmost Aupouri Peninsula]....................... Modicarventus wisei Kirman — Head about as long as wide across eyes. Thorax distinctly narrowed anteriorly. Lateral margins of pronotum narrowly granulate, margins of mesonotum and metanotum barely granulate; rows of granules well defined on pronotum only. Fig. 62–63 . [Body length about 2.9 mm (male), 3.5 mm (female). North Island : Northland (ND), south of Aupouri Peninsula to Auckland (AK)].............................................. Modicarventus kirmani Larivière and Larochelle , new species