Synopsis of the tribe Zolini in New Zealand (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Author Larochelle Author Larivière, Marie-Claude Author Larochelle Author Larivière text Insecta Mundi 2017 2017-12-29 2017 594 1 110 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5169575 1942-1354 5169575 89FC75EA-2324-4361-B818-FBA7B7682A00 Zolus subopacus Broun, 1915 , reinstated Fig. 19 , 66 , 157 Zolus subopacus Broun, 1915: 277 . Holotype : female (BMNH) labeled: “Type (circular red-bordered label; typed) / 3689. [female symbol] (hand-written) / New Zealand . Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922–482. (white label with red horizontal line; typed) / [OL] Ben Lomond. Dec.1912 . (hand-written) / Zolus subopacus . [female symbol]. (hand-written).” Original combination reinstated Oopterus subopacus : Jeannel 1940: 92 . Zolus subopacus : Larochelle and Larivière 2001: 79 . Oopterus subopacus : Larochelle and Larivière 2007: 45 . Description . Body length 7.1–7.7 mm . Head, pronotum, elytra, and abdomen mostly dark brown; apex of head reddish; lateral margins, suture, and apex of elytra reddish; abdomen reddish laterally and apically; antennae, palpi, and legs reddish; femora dark brown. Microsculpture very strong, isodiametric. Iridescence absent. Dull, without metallic luster. Head . Labrum strongly transverse, subtruncate anteriorly. Antennae subfiliform, very long: segment 1 (scape) moderately long, about 2x longer than its maximum width. Frontal furrows wide, shallow, convergent. Eyes strongly convex; two setiferous punctures on inner side of each eye. Tempora not inflated. Mentum: medial tooth entire, acute apically, moderately shorter than lateral lobes. Paraglossae membranous, prominent, about as long as ligula. Thorax . Pronotum slightly convex, impunctate, wrinkled across base, subquadrate, widest about middle; apex emarginate; anterolateral angles well developed, obtusely rounded; anterior bead incomplete, obsolete medially; sides moderately rounded, slightly sinuate posteriorly; lateral grooves very deep, very long (about as long as adjoining foveae); a single setiferous puncture on each side (posteriorly); posterolateral angles rectangular; posterolateral carinae blunt, very long (longer than adjoining foveae); laterobasal foveae well defined, impunctate, moderately deep, very wide, oblong, prolonged forward, simple; posterior bead absent; base emarginate, about as wide as pronotal apex and elytral base. Legs . Moderately long. Elytra . Moderately convex, subovate, widest about middle. Basal margin incomplete, reaching about interval 4. Shoulders obtuse. Sides moderately rounded. Scutellar striole obsolete. Striae almost complete, feebly impressed, shallow, finely punctate; stria 3 or interval 3 with three setiferous punctures. Recurrent stria long, sharp, directed apically toward stria 6. Intervals depressed. Sutural apices strongly rounded. Abdomen . Last visible sternum (sternum VII): male with two apical ambulatory setae; female with four apical ambulatory setae. Aedeagus . Lateral view ( Fig. 66 ): unusually strongly arcuate, widest medially, narrowed in apical half; base strongly convex dorsally; middle strongly convex dorsally, strongly concave ventrally, with dorsal membranous area narrow (wide in other Zolus species ) and short; apex slender, moderately concave dorsally, slightly concave ventrally, with extreme tip unusually slender. Dorsal view: moderately wide, asymmetrical (ostium of membranous area deflected to right); apex straight; basal orifice narrow, closed anteriorly, very distant from membranous area. Parameres with four apical setae. Material examined . 59 specimens ( AMNZ , BMNH , JNNZ , LUNZ , MONZ NZAC ). Geographic distribution ( Fig. 157 ). South Island: CO, FD , OL, SL. Ecology . Lowland, montane, subalpine. Epigean. Forests (beech, broadleaf, podocarp). Shaded ground. Nocturnal; hides during the day under logs, fallen trees, and stones. Gregarious. Biology . Seasonality: December–March, August. Predacious (based on mouthpart morphology). Dispersal power . Subapterous (incapable of flight). Moderate runner. Collecting techniques . Lifting logs, fallen trees, and stones; pitfall trapping. References . Larochelle and Larivière 2001: 79 (as Zolus subopacus ; catalogue; biology, dispersal power, ecology, geographic distribution, references), 2007: 45, 118 (as Oopterus subopacus ; taxonomy), 2016: 21 (as Oopterus subopacus ; list).