Pelodiaetodes

Sokolov, Igor M., 2015, Review of the species of Pelodiaetodes Moore (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini: Anillina) of New Zealand, Zootaxa 3963 (4), pp. 561-582 : 572-573

Pelodiaetodes (sensu stricto)

Pelodiaetodes Moore 1980: 404 (type species Pelodiatodes prominens Moore 1980 , by original designation).

Recognition. With character states of genus Pelodiaetodes , restricted as follows: 3 discal setae on elytra, narrow base of pronotum (WPa/WPp>1.20), bisetose left paramere in males, pronounced medial basal ridge of gonocoxite 2 and elongate spermatheca in females.

Included taxa. This subgenus includes four taxa: P. aldermensis , P. constricticollis , P.moorei , P. prominens . Geographical distribution. The range of subgenus is confined to the northern part of the North Island, approximately north of 37˚ S latitude.

Relationships. Supposedly this subgenus is a sister, less derived, taxon of the subgenus Monosetodes, described below, widely isolated from the latter geographically (by the Cook Strait and by vast territories of the North and South Islands).