Oedichirus zealandicus, Rougemont, 2018

Rougemont, Guillaume de, 2018, The genus Oedichirus in New Caledonia (Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Pinophilini), Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 537-586 : 569-570

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4004257
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4338812
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/76401451-FF9A-FFB7-FF44-FAA52EB96652
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Oedichirus zealandicus
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Oedichirus zealandicus View in CoL (Figs 7)

Material studied: ♂ Holotype: New Caledonia 9945, 21º34’S x 165º46’E, Table Unio road, 500m, 14 Nov 2000, G.B. Monteith, Pyrethrum, trunks and logs ♀ HOLOTYPE Oedichirus zealandicus des. 2017 G. de Rougemont [ MNHN] GoogleMaps ; 1♂ paratype: [Ibid.] ♀ PARATYPE Oedichirus zealandicus des. 2017 G. de Rougemont [ CRO] ; 1♂ paratype: NEW CALEDONIA 11984, 21º09’S x 165º19’E, 500m, Aoupinie, sawmill, 2 Jan 2005, G. Monteith, beating, rainforest ♀ PARATYPE Oedichirus zealandicus des. 2017 G. de Rougemont [ QM] GoogleMaps ; 2♂♂ paratypes: NEW CALEDONIA 8746, 21º08’S x 165º07’E, 500m, Foret Plate, 5 Nov. 2001 C. Burwell & G. Monteith, Pyrethrum, trees & logs ♀ PARATYPE Oedichirus zealandicus des. 2017 G. de Rougemont [ QM] GoogleMaps .

Additional material: 1♂: NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, Province-Sud, Sarraméa , Col d’Amieu , 23.xi.2007 ♀ 21º34.400S – 165º45.670E, 410 m, tamissage de litière, T. Théry leg. ♀ Oedichirus zealandicus n. sp. det. 2017 G. de Rougemont [ CTP]. GoogleMaps

Description: length: 10-11 mm; length of fore-body: 4.3; length of head: 1.15; breadth of head: 1.3; llength of antenna: 3.4; length of pronotum: 1.77; breadth of pronotum: 1.4; length of elytron: 1.32; breadth of elytra: 1.57. Body black; palpi, antennae and legs testaceous, knees fairly broadly but lightly infuscate. Head and pronotum shiny, with indistinct microsculpture; abdominal tergites with transverse micro-striation. Pubescence of fore-body pale, sparse, erect, that of abdomen longer, erect of semi-erect.

Habitus: similar to Fig. 4h.

Male: abdominal sternite VIII: Fig. 7s8; aedoeagus: Figs. 7arl, av; Plate AED.

This member of the novacaledonicus complex is superficially indistinguishable from O. novacaledonicus nov.sp. except by its less distinct cephalic microsculpture. The shape of the apex of the ventral process of the aedoeagus (Plate AED) is characteristic.