Agnosthaetus akatarawa, Clarke, 2011

Clarke, Dave J., 2011, A Revision of the New Zealand Endemic Rove Beetle Genus Agnosthaetus Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 10) 2011, pp. 1-118 : 16

21′(19′). Labrum in both sexes lacking distinctly enlarged tooth at middle (labrum as in Fig. 116 ); antenno-ocular carina of head joining eye in front of middle of eye (e.g., Figs. 11, 13 , 61–62 , ao); anterior pronotal puncture absent ( Figs. 72 , 75–78 , ap); medial pronotal seta adjacent to or much closer to lateral sulcus ( Figs. 69–72 , mp); apical part of median lobe with abrupt distinction between apicolateral and apicomedial lobes ( Fig. 128 , arrow); paramere slender, but with large mesal projection at middle ( Fig. 124 , arrow) ................................. (12) A. akatarawa

Figures

Figs. 113–120. Male (left) and female (right) labra of species in the Agnosthaetus brouni species-group, dorsal (anterior margin) view. 113) A. brouni; 114) A. tumidus; 115) A. aequalis; 116) A. akatarawa; 117) A. zonatus; 118) A. bicolor; 119) A. impressus; 120) A. nitidus. Scale bar = 100 mm.

Figs. 10–13. Head capsules of Agnosthaetus spp. 10) A. stilbus; 11) A. rodmani; 12) A. brouni; 13) A. chiasma. Scale bars = 100 mm.

Figs. 57–62. Heads of Agnosthaetus spp., dorsal view. 57) A. vicinus; 58) A. heteromastax; 59) A. nitidus;

Figs. 69–74. Pronota of Agnosthaetus spp. 69) A. chiasma; 70) A. rodmani; 71) A. heteromastax; 72) A. stenomastax;

Figs. 75–78. Pronota of Agnosthaetus spp. 75) A. vicinus; 76) A. stilbus; 77) A. nitidus; 78) A. brouni. Scale bar =

Figs. 125–128. Apex of median lobe of species in the Agnosthaetus brouni species-group, ventral view.

Figs. 121–124. Aedeagi of species in the Agnosthaetus brouni species-group, dorsal (left) and right lateral (right) views. 121) A. brouni; 122) A. tumidus; 123) A. aequalis; 124) A. akatarawa. Scale bar = 100 mm.