Twenty-one new species of Omaliini from the Papuan Region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae), with diagnostic and faunistic notes on some species of the genus Paraphloeostiba Steel, 1960 Author Shavrin, Alexey V. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-03-14 5424 3 251 307 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5424.3.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5424.3.1 1175-5326 10821214 DE26201A-252D-40D3-A5CF-FCCC6B3C2D01 Paraphloeostiba conjuncta Shavrin, 2023 ( Fig. 36–38 ) Paraphloeostiba conjuncta Shavrin, 2023b: 487 Material examined. INDONESIA : WESTERN NEW GUINEA : 1 ♂ : ‘ NEW GUINEA Mt. Elandora , 7000-8000 ft , 17.X.1965 ’, ‘ R . Hornabrook BM 1970-232 .’ ( BMNH ); PAPUA NEW GUINEA : 5 ♂♂ , 1 ♀ : ‘ NEW GUINEA Border Ranges , Miarosa ( 1900m , ca. 6°31’10’’S 145°33’00’’E ), 16.XI.1965 ’, ‘ R . Hornabrook BM 1970-232 .’ ( BMNH ); 1 ♀ : ‘ NEW GUINEA Wanitabe (ca. 6°36’50’’S 145°32’40’’E ), 8.XI.1965 , rotting fruit’, ‘ R . Hornabrook BM 1970-232 .’ ( BMNH ) . Remarks. Paraphloeostiba conjuncta was recently described from north-eastern part of Papua New Guinea . The body length of this species can vary from 1.78 to 2.35 mm ( holotype : 1.80 mm ). Prior to the present study, the female of P . conjuncta was unknown. The description of the female is presented below. Female. Posterior margin of abdominal tergite VIII ( Fig. 36 ) and sternite VIII ( Fig. 37 ) rounded. Accessory sclerite wide, gradually narrowed toward rounded apex ( Fig. 38 ). Spermatheca not recognized. Paraphloeostiba conjuncta is known from several localities in Western New Guinea ( Indonesia ) and eastern part of Papua New Guinea . It is here recorded from Western New Guinea ( Indonesia ) for the first time.