Bembidion (Zeperyphodes), Lindroth, 1976

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 : 33

Subgenus Zeperyphodes Lindroth, 1976

Fig. 23–24

Zeperyphodes Lindroth, 1976: 180 .

Type species. Bembidium callipeplum Bates, 1878a , by monotypy.

Description. Body length 3.1–4.9 mm; forebody dark, elytra bicolored; elytra with variegated color pattern; legs pale. Microsculpture present, poorly or well developed. Forebody moderately wide in comparison to elytra. Head. Antennae filiform or subfiliform, moderately long, reaching about elytral shoulders. Frontal furrows not prolonged on clypeus. Submentum with six setae. Ligula with two fused setae. Palpi with penultimate labial segment bisetose on anterior margin. Thorax. Pronotum moderately convex, cordate, widest before middle; laterobasal carinae absent; setiferous puncture absent near posterolateral angle; laterobasal foveae poorly developed. Epipleura (in dorsal view) not exposed in front of posterolateral angles. Elytra. Moderately convex, subovate, widest about or before middle. Shoulders moderately rounded. Scutellar striole consisting of a line and punctures. Striae incomplete, punctate; stria 3 with three discal setiferous punctures. Intervals somewhat depressed or slightly convex; 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. New Zealand (endemic).

Ecology. Sandy stream banks.

References. Lindroth 1976: 180 (description); Larochelle and Larivière 2001: 83 (catalogue); Toledano 2005 (taxonomy); Larochelle and Larivière 2007: 48 (description).

Figures

Figures 21–24. Dorsal habitus. 21) Bembidion orbiferum. 22) B. giachinoi. 23) B. callipeplum. 24) B. nesophilum. Scale line = 1 mm.