Coptocarpus doddi Sloane 1910

Coptocarpus doddi Sloane

Coptocarpus doddi Sloane, 1910:450. [Holotype, a male, in CSIRO. Type-locality: Port Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.]

DESCRIPTION (Figure 23).—Form broad and convex with a transverse pronotum subequal in width to width of elytra, and with a moderate-sized head which, across the eyes, is slightly smaller than half the width of the pronotum. Easily recognized by the slightly convex elytral intervals, continuous lateral pronotal bead, punctate prosternum laterally, and smooth met- and mesepisterna. Color: Piceous to rufopiceous throughout; appendages slightly paler. Head: As in C. australis except vertex transversely shallowly sulcate. Prothorax: As in C. australis except probasitarsus of male shorter than apical tibial spur. Mesothorax: As in C. australis except punctures of interneurs more coarse, scutellar interneur absent, and mesepisternum without punctures. Metathorax: Flight wings absent, metepisternum without punctures, otherwise as in C. australis. Abdomen: Sterna I to III only punctate laterally, not rugose, otherwise as in C. australis. Genitalia: Male (Figure 9); female unknown. Microsculpture: As in C. australis, venter with more longitudinally stretched reticulation. Size: Length, 9.23 mm; width 4.05 mm.

LOCALITY RECORDS (Figure 18).—I have seen only the holotype from Port Darwin, N.T., Australia (CSIRO).