Review of the New Zealand endemic family Cyclaxyridae, new family (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) Author Gimmel, Matthew L. Department of Entomology, 404 Life Sciences Building, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA & Corresponding author, e-mail: phalacrid @ gmail. com Author Leschen, Richard A. B. New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand Author Ślipiński, S. Adam CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia Author Csiro text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2009 2009-12-15 49 2 511 528 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5319990 0374-1036 5319990 Key to species of Cyclaxyra 1 Punctation of frons relatively fine and very dense with punctures separated by 1 diameter ( Fig. 19 ); metaventrite medially densely, finely punctate; brachypterous; tegmen with long basal strut ( Fig. 22 ); penis more elongate, more than 5 times as long as wide ( Fig. 24 ); northeastern South Island. .................................................................. C. jelineki sp. nov. – Punctation of frons extremely coarse to very weak, sparse to moderately dense with punctures separated by 1–3 diameters ( Fig. 20 ), or nearly absent ( Fig. 21 ); metaventrite medially impunctate or sparsely, finely punctate; brachypterous or macropterous; tegmen with short, tapering basal strut ( Fig. 26 ); penis shorter, broader, less than 4.5 times as long as wide ( Fig. 28 ); widespread throughout New Zealand . ......... C. politula ( Broun, 1881 )