A peculiar new genus of lebiine ground beetles from Australia

摘要

A new genus and species, Crassagena depressa gen.n., sp.n. (Coleoptera: Carabidae), is described from north-eastern Queensland (Australia). The species belongs to the lebiine subtribe Pericalina according to structure of the labium and of the stylomeres. Although habits and life history of the new species are unknown, the remarkably depressed body shape suggests a mode of life in crevices, most probably in or under bark.