Abacophrastus, Will, Kipling W., 2011

Will, Kipling W., 2011, Taxonomic review of the Pterostichini and Loxandrini fauna of New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Carabidae), ZooKeys 147, pp. 337-397 : 351-352

Genus Abacophrastus gen n. Figs 3033

Type species.

Abacophrastus millei Will sp. n.

Generic Description.

Head. Clypeo-ocular sulci moderately to deeply impressed, divergent; mentum moderately emarginate, sides divergent, paramedial pits small, clearly impressed; median tooth bifid; paraglossae small, 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, margins sinuate basad, two marginal setae; pro-, meso- and metasterna glabrous; proepisternum smooth; elytra fused, bordered at base, nine well impressed striae, some individuals with a very short tenth stria at level of plica, apicolateral plica large and visible, parascutellar stria well impressed, angular base of stria 1 absent, parascutellar setigerous punctures present at base of stria 2, no discal punctures, humeri prominent, interval 7 slightly or notably raised near base, slightly more convex than other intervals throughout its length, other intervals slightly or moderately convex; hind wing reduced; anterior tarsi of male with three basal segments expanded and squamose beneath, all tarsi dorsally with scattered long setae. Abdomen. Ventrites 3-6 without sulci; aedeagus (Figs 31, 33) ostium dorsal, oriented left side up in repose; right paramere long, tip attenuate, left short, broader, narrowly rounded at apex; female reproductive tract (fig. 32) without dorsolateral bursal lobe, elongate spermatheca broadly attached laterally at base of common oviduct, spermatheca with appended gland, spermatheca with very small digitiform diverticulum near base, without spermathecal gland duct diverticulum.

Etymology.

The genus is treated as Latin masculine and is a combination incorporating the Greek abaco, being broad and therefore like the genus Abax , and phrastos meaning “expression”. Given that these species are similar and related to Abacomorphus and Abacoleptus , the name roughly translates as yet "another expression of Abax ."

New Caldonian species.

Abacophrastus millei Will sp. n.

Abacophrastus bellorum Will sp. n.

Abacophrastus carnifex Will sp. n.

Abacophrastus chapes Will sp. n.

Abacophrastus hobbit Will sp. n.

Abacophrastus megalops Will sp. n.

Abacophrastus reflexus Will sp. n.