Euplectopsis

Belongs within: Euplectini.

Euplectopsis is a New Zealand genus of pselaphine beetles bearing four basal fossae on the elytra (Raffray 1903).

Characters (Raffray 1903): Palps with last article much larger than preceding. Prothorax oblong or cordate, with oblong discoidal fossa or more or less complete longitudinal groove. Elytra with four basal fossae and shortened dorsal stria. Prosternum keeled. Mesocoxae contiguous, processes of meso- and metasternum reduced to very thin blades hidden by coxae. Metacoxae contiguous. Abdomen with first and second tergites subequal; third and fourth tergites larger than others; last tergites sloping; first sternite small, more or less keeled between metacoxae; second sternite equal to next.

<==Euplectopsis Raffray 1890 [incl. Reitteronymus Raffray 1890]R03
    |--E. brevicollis [=Trichonyx brevicollis]R03
    |--E. ‘crassipes’ [=Euplectus crassipes Broun non Raffray 1891]R03
    |--E. inscita (Broun 1893) [=Euplectus inscitus]R03
    |--E. longicollis [=Trichonyx longicollis, Reitteronymus longicollis]R03
    |--E. microcephala [=Trichonyx microcephala]R03
    |--E. modesta (Broun 1895) [=Euplectus modestus]R03
    |--E. ‘monticola’ (Broun 1886) [=Euplectus monticola non Wollaston 1864]R03
    |--E. obnisa (Broun 1886) [=Euplectus obnisus]R03
    |--E. ovithorax (Broun 1886) [=Euplectus ovithorax]R03
    |--E. ‘parvula’ (Broun 1895) [=Euplectus parvulus non Leconte 1848]R03
    |--E. patruelis (Boun 1886) [=Euplectus patruelis]R03
    |--E. rotundicollis [=Trichonyx rotundicollis]R03
    |--E. trichonychiformis [=Euplectus trichonychiformis]R03
    `--E. tumipes (Broun 1895) [=Euplectus tumipes]R03

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[R03] Raffray, A. 1903. Genera et catalogue des psélaphides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 72: 484–604.