Kiwiplatynus, Larochelle and Lariviere E, 2021

Larochelle & Larivière, Marie-Claude, 2021, Synopsis of the tribe Platynini in New Zealand (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Insecta Mundi 2021 (864), pp. 1-96 : 20

Key to species of Kiwiplatynus

1. Elytra with striae impunctate, interval 3 with two setiferous punctures (medially and subapically); submentum with six setae; sternum VII (last visible abdominal sternum), male with two long apical ambulatory setae, female with six long apical ambulatory setae; Fig. 48 . [Body length 16.0– 19.3 mm; North Island (ND to TK– GB; WN)]........................ Kiwiplatynus bidens (Chaudoir)

— Elytra with striae coarsely punctate, interval 3 with a single setiferous puncture (subapically); submentum with eight setae; sternum VII, male with four long apical ambulatory setae, female with eight long apical ambulatory setae; Fig. 49 . [Body length 16.1–19.0 mm; central North Island (WO, TK, TO)]......................... Kiwiplatynus taranaki Larochelle and Larivière , new species

Figures

Figures 45–48. Dorsal habitus. 45) Prosphodrus waimana new species. 46) P. occultus. 47) Maoriplatynus marrisi new species. 48) Kiwiplatynus bidens. Scale line = 1 mm.

Figures 49–52. Dorsal habitus. 49) Kiwiplatynus taranaki new species. 50) Kupeplatynus sulcitarsis. 51) K. crenatus. 52) K. lucifugus. Scale line = 1 mm.