New species and records of African and Lemurian Oedichirus ERICHSON (Staphylinidae, Paederinae, Procirrina) Author Rougemont, Guillaume de text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2018 2018-07-27 50 1 447 460 journal article 2992 10.5281/zenodo.5778202 341ea68c-5c47-4f13-b336-66e82e38c746 0253-116X 5778202 Oedichirus melanurus EPPELSHEIM (Figs 5) Oedichirus melanurus EPPELSHEIM 1885: 138 Oedichirus melanurus FAGEL 1970: 384 Oedichirus melanurus HERMAN 2010: 45 M a t e r i a l s t u d i e d: 1♂ : ETHIOPIA , Kaffa , 175 Km W Addis Abeba , Gibbie R., 1971 ♀ under leaves of evergreen bushes on river bank ♀ Oedichirus melanurus Epp. det. 1985 G. de Rougemont [ CRO ] ; 1♂ YEMEN , Jibla , in irrigated field, II.1985 , G. de Rougemont ♀ Oedichirus melanurus Epp. det. 1985 G. de Rougemont [ CRO ] ; 2♀♀ : YEMEN , Wadi Sharez , on river bank , III.1985 , G. de Rougemont ♀ Oedichirus melanurus Epp. det. 1985 G. de Rougemont [ CRO ] ; 1♂ : 41 Yemen Arab Republic , Prov. Abyan , 13 09’69"N 45 19’46"E , 50 km ne Aden , Wadi Barra , 7 km nnw Zinjibar , 50 m , 29.IV.1998 , leg. A Bischof , J. Bittermann , M. Fibiger , H. Hacker , H. Pecks , H-P. Schreier ♀ Sammlung M. Schülke Berlin [ CSB ] ; 1♀ : 42 Yemen Arab Republic , Prov. Hadramaut , 14 47’44"N 49 15’16"E , 25 km nne Mukalla , Al Ain , 25 km nnw Ar Rayyan , 1.V.1998 , leg. A. Bischof , J. Bittermann , M. Fibiger , H. Hacker , H. Pecks , H-P. Schreier ♀ Oedichirus cf. melanurus Epp. det. M. Schülke 2010 ♀ Sammlung M. Schülke Berlin ♀ Oedichirus melanurus Epp. det. 2015 G. de Rougemont ( CSB ) . Habitus (of a ♀ from Yemen ): Fig. 5h. Male: sternite VIII: Fig. 5s8; aedoeagus: Fig. 5arl. Female: sternite IX: Fig. 5vp. The type of O. melanurus is a female from the Cape Verde Islands. The material listed above corresponds to the "undescribed species" from Abyssinia mentioned by FAGEL (1970 , p. 386) in his discussion of O. melanurus . FAGEL subsequently affixed type labels to these Eritrean 1 * specimens, which remained undescribed; his hesitation to describe a new species was on account of the slightly greater size of the Eritrean specimens and the great distance separating the two localities. The species has since been recorded from other parts of Africa (HERMAN 2010: 45). D i s t r i b u t i o n: O. melanurus is a Sahelian species that has spread widely from the Sahel to other African countries ( Tanzania , Namibia etc.). New to Ethiopia and to Arabia.