Bembidion (Zeperyphus), 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 : 29

Subgenus Zeperyphus Lindroth, 1976

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Zeperyphus Lindroth, 1976: 182 .

Type species. Bembidium actuarium Broun, 1903 , by monotypy.

Description. Body length 3.7–4.3 mm; color mostly dark; elytra without variegated color pattern; legs pale. Microsculpture absent on head, pronotum, and elytra; present, isodiametric on apex of elytra in female. Forebody narrow in comparison to elytra. Head. Antennae filiform, very long, reaching about basal third of elytra. Frontal furrows not prolonged on clypeus. Submentum with four 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 present; setiferous puncture absent near posterolateral angle; laterobasal foveae well developed (as in subgenus Notaphus ). Epipleura (in dorsal view) exposed in front of posterolateral angles. Elytra. Moderately convex, ovate, widest about middle. Shoulders strongly rounded. Scutellar striole consisting of a row of punctures. Striae incomplete, punctate. Intervals strongly convex (contrary to other subgenera); interval 3 with two discal setiferous punctures; interval 5 without discal setiferous punctures. Subapical sinuations feeble. Apical striole absent or almost so; preapical setiferous puncture isolated. Sutural apices angulate. Abdomen. Last visible sternum (sternum VII) of female with numerous short setae in addition to four long ambulatory setae. 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: 182 (description); Larochelle and Larivière 2001: 83 (catalogue), 2007: 48 (description).

Figures

Figures 17–20. Dorsal habitus. 17) Bembidion charile. 18) B. dehiscens. 19) B. actuarium. 20) B. musae. Scale line = 1 mm.