Pediomorphus elongatus Sloane, 1898

Will, Kipling, 2019, Taxonomic Review of the Australian Genus Pediomorphus Chaudoir, 1878 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Abacetini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 73 (3), pp. 629-645 : 631

Pediomorphus elongatus Sloane, 1898

( Figs. 2 , 19 , 22 )

Type Material. Holotype, SAMA ( Moore et al. 1987), not examined.

Type Locality. Beverley , Western Australia.

Material Examined. WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Coodanup near Mandurah , xii.1979 - i.1980, TE Bellas, EMEC705226 ; Stockyard Gully , 18.viii.1973, BP Moore, EMEC705227 , [ ANIC]. 4 specimens - Northam , vii.1953, Demarz [ NHMB] .

Distribution Range. Southwestern Western Australia ( Fig. 19 ).

Notes. Size ranges among the specimens examined are sbl = 4.4–4.6 mm, elytral width uniformly 1.5 mm, and ocular ratio = 1.26–1.43. Among the small number of specimens examined, the color is brunneous with the head slightly darker; legs, antennae, mouthparts, and in some specimens the first elytral interval are paler rufobrunneous. In two specimens from Northam, the distal ends of the tibiae, tarsi, and antennae are infuscated.

Figures

Figs. 1–2. Pediomorphus species, dorsal habitus. 1) P. planiusculus; 2) P. elongatus. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 19. Localities of Pediomorphus species based on material examined and type localities.

Figs. 21–32. Pediomorphus species, aedeagi, left lateral view (A) and ventral view of tip (B). 21) P. planiusculus; 22) P. elongatus; 23) P. macleayi; 24) P. ruficollis; 25) P. variabilis; 26) P. crenulatus; 27) P. minor; 28) P. semilaevis; 29) P. punctatus; 30) P. robustus; 31) P. storeyi; 32) P. obtusus.