Abstract
The generic-level taxa included in Pterostichini and Loxandrini from New Caledonia are reviewed and a key to genera and species provided. Two new genera are described, Paniestichus and Abacophrastus, with the following new species: Paniestichus subsolianus, Abacophrastus millei, Abacophrastus chapes, Abacophrastus carnifex, Abacophrastus hobbit, Abacophrastus megalops, Abacophrastus reflexus and Abacophrastus bellorum. Abacoleptus curtus new species, is described. Notonomus irideus and Notonomus savesi are moved to Prosopogmus. Four new species of Prosopogmus are described: Prosopogmus koghisensis, Prosopogmus lescheni, Prosopogmus fortis and Prosopogmus aoupiniensis. Homalosoma griseolum is moved to Sphodrosomus. Cerabilia is newly recorded from New Caledonia and the genus is moved from Platynini to Loxandrini and therefore is the first report of Loxandrini from New Caledonia. An apparent adventive from Australia, Darodilia, is newly reported from New Caledonia.
Highlights
New Caledonia, including Grande Terre, Ile des Pins and the Loyalty Islands is one of the most biologically fascinating places on Earth
Loans of material were kindly provided for this study by the following institutions and individuals: Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Geoff Monteith (QM); California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, David Kavanaugh (CAS); Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Theirry Deuve (MNHN); New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Auckland, Richard Leschen (NZAC); Essig Museum of Entomology, Berkeley (EMEC); Zoologische Staatssammlung, München, Martin Baehr and Michael Balke (ZMS), Staatliche Naturhistorische Sammlungen, Museum fuer Tierkunde, Olaf Jaeger, (MTD); Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Alain Drumont, (IRSNB); P.M
Examined types are indicated by an exclamation point
Summary
New Caledonia, including Grande Terre, Ile des Pins and the Loyalty Islands is one of the most biologically fascinating places on Earth. Margins sinuate basad, two marginal setae; prosternal process with two to four apical setae; meso- and metasterna glabrous; proepisternum smooth; elytra fused, bordered at base, nine well impressed striae, some individuals with short, shallow tenth stria at level of plica, apicolateral plica large and visible, parascutellar stria well impressed, angular base of stria 1 absent, parascutellar setigerous punctures present at base of stria 2, no discal punctures, interval 7 sharply carinate near base, other intervals slightly or moderately convex; hind wing reduced; anterior tarsi of male with three basal segments expanded and squamose beneath, all tarsi dorsally glabrous or meso- and/or metatarsi with a few scattered setae.
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