Abstract
The New Zealand Pseudoliodini include two genera and three species that are described as new: Zelodes n. gen. (Type species: Z. kuscheli n. sp.; and Z. minutus n. sp.) and Colenisia zelandica n. sp. The species of Zelodes are recognized by several distinctive characters that are unique for the tribe: eyes absent; patch of peglike setae present on labrum; mesosternum with a triangular ligulate process; ventrites I and II connate; tarsomeres not sexually dimorphic and 4-4-4; tenent setae present on pro- and mesotarsomeres 1 - 3. Notes on the identification of New Zealand leiodids and a discussion on characters associated with hind wing reduction in Leiodidae are included.
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