Contribution to the knowledge of Clavigeritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from Fiji and Vanuatu, with the catalogue of Clavigeritae of Oceania Author Besuchet, Claude Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Route de Malagnou, CH- 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland Author Hlaváč, Peter Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 1176, CZ- 165 21 Praha 6, Czech Republic; e-mail: phlavac @ stonline. sk text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2011 2011-12-09 51 2 517 528 journal article 4622 10.5281/zenodo.5328923 82c0e92c-2ca4-474f-a228-259ad1adb559 0374-1036 5328923 Vanuatiella tishechkini sp. nov. ( Figs. 4 , 9, 10 ) Type material (1 J 2 ♀♀ ). HOLOTYPE : J, VANUATU : ESPIRITU SANTO I.: Cumberland Peninsula, Saratsi Range at 14.9673°S 166.6787°E . 1200m . Flight intercept FL 12B-7. 20-21.Nov 2006. A. K. Tishechkin. AT748 ( MNHN ). PARATYPES : 2 ♀♀ , the same data as holotype ( MHNG , PHKS ). Description. Body ( Fig. 4 ) 1.37–1.47 mm long. Head elongate, about 1.3–1.4 times as long as wide. Terminal antennomere as long as head, median opening of terminal antennomere located just before middle. Pronotum about 1.3 times as wide as long, and about 1.22–1.25 times shorter than head. Elytra wide, 1.3–1.4 times as wide as long at suture, sutural striae well-defined, parallel to suture along whole length of suture. Mesotibiae with minuscule, sharp spine located in apical fourth. Aedeagus as in Figs. 9–10 , 0.23 mm long. Sexual dimorphism. Mesotibiae of female simple, lacking spines in apical fourth. Etymology. This new species is named in honour of Alexey Tishechkin, a well-known specialist on Histeridae and the collector of the type series. Biology. Host ant unknown. All four specimens were collected by flight intercept trap, together with myrmecophilous species of the Histeridae : Chlamydopsinae ( TISHECHKIN 2009 ). Distribution. Vanuatu : Espiritu Santo Island.