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.