Setalidius Chaudoir, 1878:18

Will, Kipling W., 2011, Taxonomic review of the Pterostichini and Loxandrini fauna of New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Carabidae), ZooKeys 147, pp. 337-397 : 358

Genus Setalidius Chaudoir, 1878:18 Fig. 36

Type species.

Setalidius nigerrimus Chaudoir 1878 by monotypy.

Description.

Head. Clypeo-ocular sulci shallow, not reaching anterior supraorbital seta or nearly absent, divergent; mentum only very slightly emarginate, sides widely divergent, epilobes not produced, paramedial pits very small, deeply impressed; median tooth bifid; paraglossae long, without elongate setae at apex; ligular sclerite with two seta on apical margin; maxillary palpifer with one basal seta; antennae filiform, with three basal segments glabrous. Thorax. Pronotum quadrate, slightly wider than long, l/w in Setalidius nigerrimus 0.88 and in Setalidius attenuatus 0.86 (contra Fauvel 1882b), margins very slightly sinuate to base, two marginal setae; pro-, meso- and metasterna glabrous; proepisternum smooth; elytra fused, border at base, nine fully impressed striae, very short tenth stria at level of plica, apicolateral plica large and visible, parascutellar stria short, shallowly impressed, not continuous with stria 1, angular base of stria 1 absent, parascutellar punctures absent, no discal punctures, intervals convex; hind wing reduced all tarsi dorsally glabrous. Abdomen. Ventrites 3-6 without transverse sulci; male unknown, female reproductive tract not studied.

Exemplars of species examined.

Both species, only known from the holotypes.

Generic Distribution.

New Caledonian precinctive.

New Caladonian species.

Setalidius nigerrimus Chaudoir 1878 [type MNHN!]

Setalidius attenuatus Fauvel 1882 [type IRSNB!]