Kaveinga (Ingevaka)
Ross T. Bell- Kaveinga orbitosa
- Kaveinga bellorum
Characteristics
Each paramedian groove of the pronotum is represented by a row of very coarse punctures, which fails to reach either anterior or posterior margins. The angular seta is present, and there are 0-2 marginal setae of the pronotum.
Dorsal aspect of the head and pronotum of Kaveinga (Ingevaka) orbitosa. Modified from Bell and Bell (1979). Copyright © 1979 Ross T. Bell and Joyce R. Bell.
The head is transverse, short, and deep. The clypeus has three pits. There are 3 or 4 temporal setae. The antenna is without apical stylet, and the antennal articles are not at all pollinose.
There is no serrulation on the middle tibia. The anterior femur of the male is with or without a ventral tooth. No such tooth is present in the female.
References
Bell, R. T. and J. R. Bell. 1979. Rhysodini of the World part II. Revisions of the smaller genera (Coleoptera: Carabidae or Rhysodidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 15: 377-446.
Emberson, R. M. 1995. A new species of Kaveinga (Coleoptera: Rhysodidae) and lectotype designations for four species of rhysodids described by Thomas Broun (1880). New Zealand Entomologist 18(0):9-14.
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Ross T. Bell
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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