Clypeolus sympedioides (Broun), 1993

Clypeolus sympedioides (Broun) View in CoL

( Figures 78–80 View FIGURES 78–80 )

Acalles sympedioides Broun, 1893: 1386 View in CoL . Type locality: Moeraki.

Clypeolus sympedioides (Broun) Lyal, 1993: 69 View in CoL .

Diagnosis: Dorsum covered with brown appressed scales, erect setae absent; fascicles absent, though a small patch of broader scales is found on interstria 5 above the elytral declivity. Posterior margin of pronotum narrower than width of pronotum across middle. Elytral apex somewhat narrowly rounded. Femoral teeth minute. Differs from other currently undescribed species found in the southern part of the South Island by the absence of tubercles on the elytra and by the pronotum being clearly narrower across the posterior margin than its maximum width.

Distribution: South Island: DN.

Remarks: This species is known only from the holotype and one other specimen collected from Moeraki by John H. Lewis, potentially at the same time as the holotype.