Neodiachipteryx Noonan

Shpeley, Danny, Hunting, Wesley & Ball, George E., 2017, A taxonomic review of the Selenophori group (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalini) in the West Indies, with descriptions of new species and notes about classification and biogeography, ZooKeys 690, pp. 1-195 : 22

Genus Neodiachipteryx Noonan

Neodiachipteryx Noonan (1985: 42). TYPE SPECIES: Selenophorus cariniger Putzeys, 1878a: 44 (designation by Noonan 1985a: 42).- Ball 1992: 84.- Lorenz 1998: 356.- Lorenz 2005: 378.

Recognition.

This genus is readily separated from others within the Selenophori group by the pronounced apical carina that extends from the lateral angle to the suture of the elytron. Noonan (1985a: 42, 43) states: "... by having the posterior portion of the seventh and eight elytral intervals joined into a raised longitudinal ridge extended from interval 8 to the suture and formed by the dorsum of the disc sloped over a prominent concave inflexion of the distal portion of the elytron...".

Included species.

Both species of Neodiachipteryx are recorded from the Greater Antillean island of Hispaniola: N. cariniger (Putzeys) and N. davidsoni , new species.