Key to male Anabaxis

Only males can be readily identified to species. The New Zealand species are indicated by an asterisk (*).

1 Metatibia with well-developed spine (Fig. 7C)..................................................... A. vagus Oke

- Metatibia without spine................................................................................ 2

2 Body length more than 2.2 mm; tergite IV with deep basal impression between mediobasal fo- veae (Fig. 7B)........................................................................................... A. quinquefoveolata Raffray

- Body length less than 2.0 mm, tergite IV with shallow basal impression between mediobasal f- oveae.................. 3

3 Discal carinae shorter than half length of tergite IV........................................................... 4

- Discal carinae as long as or longer than half length of tergite IV................................................ 5

4 Head with frontal fovea (Fig. 7E)......................................................... A. foveolata * Broun

- Head without frontal fovea (Fig. 7D).......................................................... A. lunatica King

5 Elytra much wider than long (Fig. 6D)................................................... A. inusitata Blackburn

- Elytra slightly wider than long.......................................................................... 6

6 Mesotibia with large spear-shape subapical spine (Fig. 4D)......................................... A. brevis * Oke

- Mesotibia with small apical spine........................................................................ 7

7 Body small and weakly convex in lateral view, length no longer than 1.4 mm (Fig. 6C)................. A. electrica King

- Body larger and more convex in lateral view, length longer than 1.7 mm (Fig. 3A)................ A. chathamensis * sp. n.