Notaphus Stephens, 1827

Larochelle, André, Zeperyphodes, Broun & Larivière, Marie-Claude, 2015, Synopsis of the genus Bembidion Latreille in New Zealand (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini), Insecta Mundi 2015 (415), pp. 1-78 : 19

Subgenus Notaphus Stephens, 1827

Fig. 10

Notaphus Stephens, 1827: 51 .

Type species. Carabus varius Olivier, 1795 , designated by Westwood 1838: 7.

Description. Body length 5.1–6.5 mm; color mostly dark; elytra with variegated color pattern; legs pale. Microsculpture present, well developed. Forebody very wide in comparison to elytra. Head. Antennae submoniliform, rather short, reaching about elytral base. Frontal furrows prolonged on clypeus (contrary to other subgenera). Submentum with six setae. Ligula with two fused setae. Palpi with penultimate labial segment bisetose on anterior margin. Thorax. Pronotum depressed, rectangular (cordate in other subgenera), widest before middle; laterobasal carinae present; two setiferous punctures on each side, posterolateral puncture close to posterolateral angle (as in subgenus Ananotaphus ); laterobasal foveae well developed. Epipleura (in dorsal view) not exposed in front of posterolateral angles. Elytra. Subdepressed, oblong, widest about middle. Shoulders angulate. Scutellar striole consisting of a row of punctures. Striae complete, punctate. Intervals depressed; interval 3 with two small discal setiferous punctures; interval 5 without discal setiferous punctures. Subapical sinuations feeble. Apical striole present; preapical setiferous puncture not isolated. Sutural apices angulate. Abdomen. Last visible sternum (sternum VII) of female with four long ambulatory setae only. Aedeagus. Internal sac with a brush sclerite. Parameres. One or two terminal setae present.

Geographic distribution. Holarctic and Neotropical Regions; Australia and New Zealand (adventive).

Ecology. Salt flats; banks of lagoons and estuarine streams. References. Lindroth 1976 (description); Larochelle and Larivière 2001: 80 (catalogue); Toledano 2005 (taxonomy); Larochelle and Larivière 2007: 47 (description).

Figures

Figures 9–12. Dorsal habitus. 9) Bembidion embersoni. 10) B. brullei. 11) B. rotundicolle. 12) B. tairuense. Scale line = 1 mm.