Tuiplatynus, 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 : 27

Key to species of Tuiplatynus

1. Interval 3 of elytra with three deep, large (foveate) setiferous punctures, striae finely punctate; mentum tooth subtruncate apically, with ten or eleven short setae; terminal segment of palpi truncate apically; Fig. 53 . [Body length 10.0– 11.3 mm; southern South Island (OL–DN to eastern FD–SL)]........................................................... Tuiplatynus sophronitis (Broun)

— Interval 3 of elytra with three shallow, minute setiferous punctures, striae impunctate; mentum tooth strongly emarginate apically, with twelve to eighteen short setae; terminal segment of palpi obtuse apically; Fig. 54 . [Body length 11.4–12.3 mm; southwestern South Island (OL, FD) and Stewart Island]...................................................... Tuiplatynus libitus (Broun)

Figures

Figures 53–56. Dorsal habitus. 53) Tuiplatynus sophronitis, teneral. 54) T. libitus, teneral. 55) Ctenognathus novaezelandiae. 56) C. elevatus. Scale line = 1 mm.