Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera, Parts 2-4Printed at the Office of James Hughes, Lambton Quay, 1881 - Beetles |
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abdomen anteriorly apex apices basal joint base blackish breadth broader than thorax Broun clothed club coarsely punctured colour constricted convex coxæ curved densely dentate depressed dilated disc distinct distinctly dorsal elevated Elytra oblong elytron excl eyes femora fovea foveæ front frontal fulvous funiculus fuscous glossy gradually narrowed granulated greyish hairs groove head and thorax hind angles hind-body humeral angles impressed infuscate interstices labrum legs and antennæ Legs stout Length rost lines long as broad longer than broad margins Maungatua maxillary palpi median metasternum middle moderately convex n.s. Body n.s. Elongate nearly oblique ovate oviform palpi piceous posterior angles prominent prosternum Prothorax transversal pubescent punctate punctate-striate Pygidium robust Rostrum rounded laterally rufescent rugose S. W. Fulton scales scape sculpture Scutellum setæ shining short shorter sides sinuated slender smooth species specimen squamose striæ striate striate-punctate sub-depressed suture Tairua tarsi testaceous third tibia tibiæ truncate Underside Whangarei Harbour yellow hairs yellowish