Zeanillus nunni
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Carabidae
Genus: Zeanillus
Name
Zeanillus nunni Sokolov, Igor M., 2016 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Zeanillus nunni Sokolov, Igor M., 2016, Zootaxa 4196: 7-8.
Materials Examined
New Zealand Washed DN Evansdale Glen Evansdale New Zealand Washed DN Evansdale Glen New Zealand Washed DN Woodside Glen Outram New Zealand Washed DN Woodside Glen Outram New Zealand Washed DN Woodside Glen Outram New Zealand New Zealand Woodside Glen & Outram & J. Nunn New Zealand Washed DN State Highway & Rocklands Rd New Zealand Caneys Creek Semple Rd & Caneys Creek Tck & Edendale J. New Zealand Nothophagus forest SL Black Gully Blue Mtns
Description
Specific epithet. The specific epithet is a Latinized eponym in the genitive case, and is based on the surname of John T. Nunn, the collector of the type series of this species.
Materials Examined
New Zealand South Island
Description
Description. Size. Small to medium for genus (SBL range 1.50–1.80 mm, mean 1.65± 0.083 mm, n=20). Habitus. Body form slightly convex, ovoid, moderately elongate (WE/SBL 0.35±0.010), head of moderate width for genus compared to pronotum (WH/WPm 0.74±0.023), pronotum of moderate width in comparison to elytra (WPm/WE 0.76±0.018). Color. Body color rufotestaceous, appendages testaceous. Prothorax. Pronotum moderately long (LP/LE 0.43±0.023) and moderately elongate (WPm/LP 1.29±0.034), with lateral margins rectilinear constricted posteriorly (WPm/WPp 1.65±0.059). Width between anterior angles much greater than between posterior angles (WPa/WPp 1.28±0.053). Elytra. Slightly depressed along suture, comparatively short (LE/SBL 0.49±0.017) and moderately wide (WE/ LE 0.73±0.030). Lateral margins slightly divergent at basal third, subparallel at middle, and evenly rounded to apex in apical third. Male genitalia. Median lobe (Fig. 12 E) with straight ventral margin and short apex with tapering tip. Sclerites of internal sac united basally, long, almost equal the length between apical and basal orifices. Left paramere with apical constriction (Fig. 12 G). Ring sclerite with short and markedly transverse handle (Fig. 14 C). Female internal genitalia. Goncoxite 2 with short ensiform setae (Fig. 15 C). Spermatheca sclerotized, elongate, with four compartments (Fig. 16 C). Spermathecal duct short with few coils. Attachments of spermathecal duct and gland to spermatheca close together. Geographical distribution. This species is known from the eastern foothills of Otago within Dunedin area of Crosby et al. (1998) and the Blue Mountains of Southland (Fig. 18 A, red circles). Way of life. Specimens were collected from soil in a broad range of habitats: tussocks, Nothofagus, broadleaf and kanuka/kowhai/mahoe forests. Relationships. Based on the structure of male genitalia and spermatheca Z. nunni is postulated to be the sister taxon of Z. phyllobius + Z. punctigerus.
Taxon Treatment
- Sokolov, Igor M.; 2016: A taxonomic review of the anilline genus Zeanillus Jeannel (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini) of New Zealand, with descriptions of seven new species, re-classification of the species, and notes on their biogeography and evolution, Zootaxa 4196: 7-8. doi
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