ON REMBUS (COLPODES) BRUNNEUS MACLEAY (COLEOPTERA, CARABIDAE, PLATYNINI) - REDESCRIPTION AND RELATIONSHIPS

The use of the generic name Colpodes MacLeay, 1825, is reviewed, along with characteristics previously attributed to the genus by various au thors of Carabidae. The single known specimen of the type species, Rem bus (Colpodes) brunneus MacLeay, is designated as lectotype, redescrib ed and figured. Based on comprehensive character analysis, including e xternal anatomical, male genitalic, and female genitalic and reproduct ive tract characters, application of the generic-level name Colpodes i s restricted to a clade of Javanese species also including Colpodes br ittoni Louwerens and C. latus Louwerens. In order to further nomenclat ural stability within Platynini, Colpodes should best be considered a subgeneric component of an expanded genus Platynus Bonelli, 1810.