Zolus, Sharp, 1886

Larochelle, Larivière, Marie-Claude, Larochelle & Larivière, 2017, Synopsis of the tribe Zolini in New Zealand (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Insecta Mundi 2017 (594), pp. 1-110 : 7

Key to species of Zolus

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— Pronotum with a single setiferous puncture on each side .......................................................... 2 Pronotum without lateral setiferous punctures .......................................................................... 3 2(1).

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Pronotum with a setiferous puncture on each side (posteriorly); head with two setiferous punctures on inner side of each eye; basal margin of elytra incomplete, reaching about interval 4; Fig. 19 . [Body length 7.1–7.7 mm; southern South Island (CO, FD, OL, SL)] ..................... ............................................................................................................ Zolus subopacus Broun

Pronotum with a setiferous puncture on each side (anteriorly); head with a single setiferous puncture on inner side of each eye (posteriorly); basal margin of elytra complete, reaching about scutellum; Fig. 159 . [Body length 9.2–10.1 mm; southwestern South Island (OL, WD)] ........ ................................................................................................. Zolus unisetosus new species

3(1).

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Pronotum strongly convex; elytral sides strongly rounded; antennal segment 1 (scape) moderately long, about 2x longer than its maximum width; Fig. 20–21 . [North Island] .......................... 4

Pronotum moderately convex; elytral sides moderately rounded; antennal segment 1 (scape) very long, about 2.5x longer than its maximum width; Fig. 22–23 . [South Island] .............. 5

4(3).

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Figures

Figures 19–22. Dorsal habitus. 19) Zolus subopacus. 20) Z. kauriensis new species, teneral. 21) Z. carinatus. 22) Z. helmsi. Scale line = 1 mm.

Figures 159–161. Zolus unisetosus new species. 159) Dorsal habitus. Scale line = 1 mm. 160) Aedeagus, lateral. 161) Distribution map.