Mimopeus turbotti

Watt's original text (the type description) reads as follows:

MALE: Broader and less convex than M. elongatus. Upper surface dull black, legs and antennae reddish black, undersurface shining black. Dorsal surface. Labrum slightly emarginate anteriorly, punctures larger and deeper than in M. elongatus, yellow setae stout. Dorsal surface of head as in M. elongatus but punctures deeper and microsculpture of interstices very strong, clearly visible at 25x magnification. Pronotum (Fig.19) more transverse than in M. elongatus almost as broad as elytra, anterior and posterior angles blunter, apex more deeply emarginate, submarginal channels distinct, expansions outside them very broad and more strongly reflexed than in M. elongatus West Coast populations. Pronotal punctures larger, deeper, and more steep-sided than in M. elongatus, those of disc sparse, separated by more than twice their own diameter. Very few small punctures visible on interstices, most being replaced by granules, visible at 25x magnification. Scutellum triangular, transverse, finely and deeply punctate. Elytra broader and less convex than in M. elongatus, submarginal channels broader, particularly at shoulder, which is broadly rounded as in M. elongatus. …

The species is endemic to New Zealand, found on the Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands, northwest of the North Island of New Zealand.

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