# Modicarventus

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***Modicarventus*** is a genus of [true bugs](/source/True_bug) belonging to the family [Aradidae](/source/Aradidae).[1] Both species in the genus are endemic to New Zealand, found in the [Northland](/source/Northland_Region) and [Auckland](/source/Auckland_Region) regions.

## Description

*Modicarventus* is [apterous](/source/Apterous), and has an elongated oval body, and a surface with thin pale incrustation.[2] It has a thickened mesonotum posterior margin, a festure unique among New Zealand flat bug genera.[3] It can be distinguished from the genus *[Neocarventus](/source/Neocarventus)* due to differences in antennae, by *Modicarventus* having a glabrous rostral margin, a subtriangular sclerite that is distinctly posteriorly directed behind its collar, and a broad mesothoracic median lobe.[2]

The two species can be distinguished due to *M. kirmani* having a head equally long across its eyes, a thorax that distinctly narrows on the anterior, and by having rows of granules well defined only on its pronotum (compared to *M. wisei*, which has defined granules across its entire body), and by *M. kirmani* tending to be slightly larger.[3]

## Taxonomy

Both the genus was described by the same paper by Maurice Kirman in 1989, in the same paper where he described *Modicarventus wisei*.[2] The genus was monotypic until 2022, when *[Modicarventus kirmani](/source/Modicarventus_kirmani)* was described, which was named in honour of Kirman.[3]

## Distribution

The genus is endemic to New Zealand,[4][5] with both species occurring in the [Northland Region](/source/Northland_Region). *M. wisei* occurs on the [Aupouri Peninsula](/source/Aupouri_Peninsula), and *M. kirmani* occurs in the [Northland Region](/source/Northland_Region) south of the Aupouri Peninsula, and also in the [Auckland Region](/source/Auckland_Region).[3]

## Species

Species within the genus *Modicarventus* include:[4]

- *[Modicarventus kirmani](/source/Modicarventus_kirmani)* Larivière and Larochelle, 2022
- *[Modicarventus wisei](/source/Modicarventus_wisei)* Kirman, 1989

## References

1. ["IRMNG - Modicarventus Kirman, 1989"](https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1112408). *www.irmng.org*. Retrieved 2 December 2025.

1. Wikidata item [Q58677372](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58677372)

1. Larivière, Marie-Claude & Larochelle, André (28 October 2022). ["Synopsis of the subfamily Carventinae in New Zealand (Heteroptera: Aradidae)"](https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/1453/). *Insecta Mundi*. **0961**: 1–54.

1. ["Modicarventus Kirman, 1989"](https://www.nzor.org.nz/names/dd78ca19-1f0e-4c19-ab4a-87d7b10b735e). *New Zealand Organisms Register*. Retrieved 2 December 2025.

1. Larivière, Marie-Claude & Larochelle, André (2006). ["An overview of flat bug genera (Hemiptera, Aradidae) from New Zealand, with considerations on faunal diversification and affinities"](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275644144_Lariviere_M-C_Larochelle_A_2006_An_overview_of_flat_bug_genera_Hemiptera_Aradidae_from_New_Zealand_with_considerations_on_faunal_diversification_and_affinities_Denisia_19_181-214). *Denisia*. **19**: 181–214.

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