Pelodiaetodes (sensu stricto)

Pelodiaetodes Moore 1980: 404 (type species Pelodiatodes prominens Moore 1980, by original designation).

Recognition. With character states of genus Pelodiaetodes, restricted as follows: 3 discal setae on elytra, narrow base of pronotum (WPa/WPp>1.20), bisetose left paramere in males, pronounced medial basal ridge of gonocoxite 2 and elongate spermatheca in females.

Included taxa. This subgenus includes four taxa: P. aldermensis, P. constricticollis, P.moorei, P. prominens . Geographical distribution. The range of subgenus is confined to the northern part of the North Island, approximately north of 37˚ S latitude.

Relationships. Supposedly this subgenus is a sister, less derived, taxon of the subgenus Monosetodes, described below, widely isolated from the latter geographically (by the Cook Strait and by vast territories of the North and South Islands).