Maungazolus, Larochelle & Larivière & Larochelle & Larivière, 2017

Larochelle, Larivière, Marie-Claude, Larochelle & Larivière, 2017, Synopsis of the tribe Zolini in New Zealand (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Insecta Mundi 2017 (594), pp. 1-110 : 61

Key to species of Maungazolus

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Elytra without subapical seta ( Fig. 12 ), with four setiferous punctures in stria 3; Fig. 58 . [Body length 3.0– 4.2 mm; pronotum with laterobasal foveae very deep; South Island (BR to FD– SL)] .................................................................................. Maungazolus pygmeatus (Broun)

Elytra with subapical seta ( Fig. 11 ), with seven or three setiferous punctures in stria 3 or row 3 .................................................................................................................................................. 2

2(1).

— Pronotum with sub-basal transverse impression consisting of a row of numerous punctures ..

..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Pronotum with sub-basal transverse impression consisting of two foveolae ............................ 6 3(2).

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Figures

Figures 1–18. Microsculpture: 1) isodiametric; 2) moderately transverse; 3) very transverse. Ligula: 4) with two fused setae; 5) four setae (medial setae fused); 6) six setae (medial setae fused). Mentum tooth: 7) entire, acute; 8) entire, rounded; 9) entire, truncate; 10) bifid. Elytral apex: 11) subapical seta present; 12) subapical seta absent. Right paramere: 13) straight, twisted medially; 14) curved, untwisted. Aedeagus, dorsal: 15) basal orifice closed anteriorly; 16–18) basal orifice open anteriorly.

Figures 55–58. Dorsal habitus. 55) Pseudoopterus plicaticollis. 56) P. latipennis. 57) P. fiordlandensis new species. 58) Maungazolus pygmeatus. Scale line = 1 mm.