Bembidion (Ananotaphus), Netolitzky, 1931

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 : 20-21

Subgenus Ananotaphus Netolitzky, 1931

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Ananotaphus Netolitzky, 1931: 181 .

Type species. Bembidium errans Blackburn, 1888 , by monotypy.

Description. Body length 3.5–4.6 mm; color mostly dark; elytra without variegated color pattern; legs mostly dark. Microsculpture present, poorly or well developed. Forebody moderately wide in comparison to elytra. Head. Antennae submoniliform, rather short, reaching about elytral base. Frontal furrows not prolonged on clypeus. Submentum with six setae. Ligula with two free, approximate setae. Palpi with penultimate labial segment bisetose on anterior margin. Thorax. Pronotum moderately convex, cordate, widest before middle; laterobasal carinae absent; two setiferous punctures on each side, posterolateral puncture close to posterolateral angle (as in subgenus Notaphus ); laterobasal foveae poorly developed. Epipleura (in dorsal view) not exposed in front of posterolateral angles. Elytra. Moderately convex, ovate or subovate, widest about middle. Shoulders moderately rounded. Scutellar striole consisting of a row of punctures. Striae incomplete, punctate; stria 3 with two discal setiferous punctures, more or less foveate (not foveate in other subgenera). Intervals depressed; 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. Australia, New Zealand (Native).

Ecology. Mostly banks of streams, shores of lakes, ponds, sea beaches, lagoons and salt marshes.

References. Lindroth 1976 (description); Larochelle and Larivière 2001: 79 (catalogue); Toledano 2005: 89–93 (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.