Oedichirus torajah, Rougemont, 2018
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4004245 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4341056 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/142287A5-FFCD-FFC7-FF63-FCACFCB9FEC6 |
treatment provided by |
Valdenar |
scientific name |
Oedichirus torajah |
status |
sp. nov. |
Oedichirus torajah View in CoL nov.sp. (Figs 33)
M a t e r i a l s t u d i e d: ♂ Holotype: S. CELEBES, Tator, Rante Pao, 15.VII. 1982, G. de Rougemont / HOLOTYPE Oedichirus torajah View in CoL des. 2015 G. de Rougemont [CRO ].
D e s c r i p t i o n: length: 7.6 mm; length of fore-body: 3.3; length of head: 0.85; breadth of head: 1.02; length of antenna: 2; length of pronotum: 1.25; breadth of pronotum: 1.1; length of elytron: 1.05; breadth of elytra: 1.25. Body deep black, all appendages testaceous, apices of femora lightly infuscate. Dorsal surfaces glossy, devoid of microsculpture. Pubescence erect, moderately short on fore-body, longer and denser on abdomen. Habitus: Fig. 33h.
Head strongly transverse; eyes large; post-ocular border consisting of an entire, not very salient carina which forms a distinct but very small tooth some distance behind eye, and a series of punctures in an interrupted groove above the carina; puncturation of disc consisting of half a dozen irregularly disposed punctures of different sizes at the level of the anterior half of eyes, four very small ocular punctures, and a transverse series of four large contiguous punctures before base. Pronotum elongate, the sides retracted in almost straight lines to posterior margin, without an evident lateral border; puncturation of disc consisting of a pair of discal series of five punctures each, six other punctures arranged in a rough circle in from of this, and a few scattered lateral punctures. Micropterous, humeral angles completely obsolete, the sides of elytra from base to postero-lateral angles, widest a little behind middle; puncturation coarse, sparse, irregular. Abdominal punctures arranged in discrete transverse rows; keels and grooves on anterior margins of tergites long.
Male abdominal sternite VII unmodified; sternite VIII: Fig. 33s8; aedoeagus: Fig. 33arl.
This and the widespread O. longipennis KRAATZ are the only species of Oedichirus so far known from Celebes, a sub-region notable for its high rate of endemicity. Staphylinidae in CRO labelled ‘Rante Pao’ were collected in various localities in the
hills in a radius of 40 km around Rante Pao in the course of thirteen short visits to Torajaland (Tanah Torajah, abbreviated ‘Tator’) between 1975 and 1983.
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