Oedichirus guomindangi, Rougemont, 2018

Rougemont, Guillaume de, 2018, New oriental Oedichirus (Staphylinidae, Paederinae, Pinophilini), Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 461-536 : 477

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4004245

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4341018

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/142287A5-FFF6-FFFB-FF63-FEB2FDF9FCB0

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Valdenar

scientific name

Oedichirus guomindangi
status

sp. nov.

Oedichirus guomindangi View in CoL nov.sp.

(Figs 5)

Material studied: ♀ Holotype: Takao / Formosa Sautter / Chicago NHMus. M. Bernhauer Collection / Oedichirus dimidiatus Eppelsheim / Oedichirus / Brit. Mus. 1956-709 / HOLOTYPE Oedichirus guomindangi des. 2015 G. de Rougemont [ NHML].

Description: length: 8 mm; length of fore-body: 3.1; length of head: 0.87; breadth of head: 1.05; length of antenna: 2.2; length of pronotum: 1.2; breadth of pronotum: 1; length of elytron: 1.32; breadth of elytra: 1.42. Head black, pronotum red, greater half of elytra black, posterior part red; abdominal segments III-V red, the following black; palpi and antennae testaceous; legs testaceous, the infuscation of knees moderately extensive, greatest on hind legs where it occupies distal 1/3 rd of femora and more than proximal half of tibiae. Dorsal surfaces devoid of microsculpture except narrowly on bases of abdominal tergites. Pubescence long on abdomen, erect. Habitus: Fig. 5h.

In colour, puncturation and other external features this new member of the O. Alatus group is practically indistinguishable from O. astoni ROUGEMONT from Hong Kong except by its slightly longer, therefore less transverse head and slightly more ample elytra. Although neither the male of this species nor the female of O. astoni are known, I have no hesitation in attributing the two to different, allopatric species.

Female: sternite IX: Fig. 5vp.

Distribution: Map 2 View Map 2 . Key 1.

NHML

Libya, Tripoli, Natural History Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Oedichirus

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