The genus Oedichirus in New Caledonia (Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Pinophilini)
Author
Rougemont, Guillaume de
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2018
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10.5281/zenodo.4004257
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Oedichirus vaginalis
nov.
sp.
(Figs 25)
Material studied:
♀
Holotype
:
NEW CALEDONIA
11143,
22º02’S
x
166º28’E
,
Dzumac Rd
, jcn,
9 Nov 2002
,
Burwell & Monteith
,
950m
, pyrethrum, trees & logs
♀
HOLOTYPE
Oedichirus vaginalis
des. 2017
G. de Rougemont
[MNHN].
Description: length:
6.8 mm
; length of fore-body: 2.9; length of head: 0.82; breadth of head: 0.95; length of ptonotum: 1.2; breadth of pronotum: 1.1; length of elytron: 1; breadth of elytra: 1.4. Body piceous; palpi, antennae and legs testaceous. Dorsal surfaces devoid of microsculpture except on anterior margins of abdominal tergites. Pubescence very dense, short, erect.
Female: abdominal sternite IX: Fig. 29vp.
This species is similar in colour, puncturation and the very dense short pubescence to
O pilosus
nov.sp.
and
O. mimopilosus
nov.sp.
, from which it differs principally by its broader build. The conformation of the female ninth sternite is characteristic.