Paniestichus Will

Will, Kipling W., 2011, Taxonomic review of the Pterostichini and Loxandrini fauna of New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Carabidae), ZooKeys 147, pp. 337-397 : 347

Genus Paniestichus Will gen n. Figs 1416

Type species.

Paniestichus subsolianus Will sp. n.

Generic Description.

Head. Clypeo-ocular sulci absent, clypeo-ocular region with very shallow, broad depression; mentum deeply emarginate, sides nearly parallel, paramedial pits very large, diameter nearly full length from base of tooth to base of mentum, very deeply impressed; median tooth bifid; paraglossae long, without elongate setae at apex; ligular sclerite with two subapical setae; maxillary palpifer with two basal and one medial seta; antennae filiform, with three basal segments glabrous. Thorax. Pronotum cordate, two marginal setae; pro-, meso- and metasterna with short scattered pubescence; proepisternum smooth; elytra fused, border at base, nine fully impressed striae, apicolateral plica a small vestige, externally visible, parascutellar stria long, very shallowly impressed, not continuous with stria 1, angular base of stria 1 present, parascutellar punctures absent, no discal punctures, intervals flat; hind wing reduced; anterior tarsi of male with three basal segments not expanded, ventrally glabrous, all tarsi dorsally glabrous. Abdomen. Ventrites 3-6 without transvers sulci; aedeagus (fig. 15, teneral male and slightly damaged dissection) ostium dorsal, oriented left side up in repose; right paramere small, elongate and bluntly rounded, left elongate conchoid, rounded point at apex; female reproductive tract (fig. 16) without dorsolateral bursal lobe, elongate spermatheca broadly attached laterally at base of common oviduct with a small pouch on bursa near base of spermatheca, spermatheca with appended gland, without duct digital diverticulum, without spermathecal gland duct diverticulum.

Etymology.

Paniestichus is a compound word, based on the name of the type locality of the type species, Mt. Panei, and the common termination in Pterostichini -stichus. It is treated as a Latin masculine.