Fauna of New Zealand 69 - Landcare Research

Fauna of New Zealand 69 35
Zecicindela perhispida (Broun, 1880) E new
combination and status
Figures 59, 159; Map p. 184
Common name. Hispid Tiger Beetle.
Cicindela (Neocicindela) perhispida perhispida: Larochelle &
Larivière, 2001: 38 and 2007a: 111.
Neocicindela perhispida perhispida: Lorenz, 2005: 61; Brzoska,
2006: 33; Cassola & Moravec, 2010: 18.
Description. Body length: 8.5–10.3 mm. Head, pronotum,
and dark areas of elytra greenish bronze. Pale markings
of elytra cream-coloured, very wide, immaculate; humeral
lunule complete, fused with marginal line; middle band
complete, angular, extending beyond base of apical lunule
(middle band longer than in Z. brevilunata); marginal
line fused with apical lunule. Dark area of elytra behind
humeral lunule lanceolate laterally (truncate in Z. brevilunata).
Antennae dark; femora dark, tibiae and tarsi mostly
pale. Elytral sculpture: dark areas granulate, sparsely
covered with minute coppery-green punctures, with sparse
medium-sized green foveae. Dark areas of elytra very
shiny, with coppery-green metallic lustre. Head. Labrum
quadrisetose or sexsetose anteriorly. Antennal segment 1
(scape) with 18–22 setiferous pores. Thorax. Pronotum
(Fig. 159) subquadrate; sides moderately rounded; lateral
margins simple. Proepisterna and metepisterna setose.
Legs. Tarsal claws about as long as tarsal segment 5.
Elytra. Sides subparallel. Apices strongly serrulate. Abdomen.
Sterna setose. Aedeagus (Fig. 59). Lateral view:
main shaft straighter dorsally than in Z. campbelli.
References. Larochelle & Larivière, 2001: 38–39 (as
Cicindela (Neocicindela) perhispida perhispida; catalogue;
biology, dispersal power, ecology, geographic distribution,
references); Brzoska, 2006: 33 (as Neocicindela
perhispida perhispida; ecology, geographic distribution);
Cassola & Moravec, 2010: 18–19 (as Neocicindela perhispida
perhispida; ecology, geographic distribution).
Remarks. Zecicindela perhispida is given full species
status based on the distinctiveness of the male genitalia
and other characters of the external morphology. This
species is morphologically close to Z. campbelli but has
the following distinguishing features: head, pronotum, and
dark areas of elytra greenish bronze; elytra with pale markings
very wide, humeral lunule fused with marginal line,
middle band regular (not jagged); main shaft of aedeagus
straighter dorsally.
This species has narrow ecological preferences and
geographic distribution, occurring only on yellow sand
beaches and dunes along the west coast of the Auckland
(AK) and Northland (ND) regions.
Subfamily CARABINAE
Tribe CARABINI
(deleted from the fauna)
Carabus (Archicarabus) nemoralis O.F. Müller, 1764 A
Remarks. Spiller (1949: 137) and Larochelle & Larivière
(2001: 35) catalogued this adventive species found in
1948 in Avondale, AK. Larochelle & Larivière (2007a:
27) questioned the establishment of C. nemoralis in New
Zealand. To date no record from New Zealand entomological
collections can support the presence of this European
taxon in this country.
Tribe PAMBORINI
Reference. Larochelle & Larivière, 2007a: 28 (description).
Remarks. A single well-known species of Pamborini occurs
in New Zealand. Maoripamborus fairburni Brookes,
1944 is redescribed and illustrated here.
Genus Maoripamborus Brookes, 1944 E
Figures 60, 160, Map p. 174
References. Larochelle & Larivière, 2001: 35 (catalogue),
2007a: 28 (description, ecology, geographic distribution,
references).
Maoripamborus fairburni Brookes, 1944 E
Figures 60, 160; Map p. 174
Common name. Fairburn’s Snail-eater.
Description. Body length: 19.0–21.0 mm. Dark violaceous;
sides of thorax and elytra greenish; antennae
rufopiceous; femora and tibiae dark violaceous; tarsi
rufopiceous. Microsculpture obsolete and transverse on
head and pronotum, strong and isodiametric on elytra.
Iridescence absent. Very shiny, with metallic lustre
(greenish, violaceous). Head. Very narrow, impunctate,
wrinkled. Eyes very large and convex. Thorax. Pronotum
elongate, convex, impunctate, wrinkled; apex emarginate;
sides moderately rounded, sinuate posteriorly, explanate;
lateral beads narrow; posterolateral angles rectangular;
laterobasal foveae deep, elongate. Legs. Segments 1–4
of male protarsi strongly dilated. Elytra. Convex, subovate,
widest in front of middle. Shoulders rounded. Base
truncate. Sides rounded, explanate. Striae deep. Intervals
slightly to strongly convex from base to apex. Apices angularly
rounded. Aedeagus. Lateral view (Fig. 60): strongly
arcuate; apical half very wide, subtriangular; apex notched
and dentate ventrally. Dorsal view: asymmetrical (ostium