Kupeplatynus, 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 : 23

Key to species of Kupeplatynus

1. Femora and tibiae dark rufous; antennae reddish; elytra oblong, scutellar setiferous pore invisible, striae impunctate, intervals depressed; Fig. 50 . [Body length 12.8–14.0 mm; submentum with six setae; apex of prosternum pubescent; northern North Island (ND to WO)].................................................................................. Kupeplatynus sulcitarsis (Broun)

— Femora and tibiae black piceous; antennal segments 1–3 rufopiceous, 4–11 pale reddish; elytra subovate or ovate, scutellar setiferous pore visible, striae coarsely punctate, intervals convex............ 2

2(1). Mandibles very long; submentum with two setae; pronotum slightly convex, moderately cordate, widest before middle, sides moderately sinuate posteriorly; apex of prosternum pubescent; elytra subovate; Fig. 51 . [Body length 16.5–20.2 mm; northern North Island (ND to TK–BP)]........................................................................ Kupeplatynus crenatus (Chaudoir)

— Mandibles moderately long; submentum with four setae; pronotum strongly convex, suborbicular, widest about middle, sides not sinuate posteriorly; apex of prosternum glabrous; elytra ovate; Fig. 52 . [Body length 15.3–18.4 mm; northern North Island (ND to TK–TO)].................................................................................. Kupeplatynus lucifugus (Broun)

Figures

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