Oedichirus nepalensis, Rougemont, 2018

Rougemont, Guillaume de, 2018, New oriental Oedichirus (Staphylinidae, Paederinae, Pinophilini), Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 461-536 : 492

Oedichirus nepalensis nov.sp. (Figs 40)

M a t e r i a l s t u d i e d: ♀ Holotype: NEPAL, ANNAPURNA HIMAL LUMLE, 17- 22.06.1999, A. KUDRNA JR LGT. / HOLOTYPE Oedichirus nepalensis Des. 2015 G. de Rougemont [NHMW].

D e s c r i p t i o n: length: 8.3 mm; length of fore-body: 3.5; length of head: 0.9; breadth of head: 1.02; length of antenna: 2.7; length of pronotum: 1.2; breadth of pronotum: 1; length of elytron: 1.25; breadth of elytra: 1.12. Body black, all appendages uniformly testaceous. Fore-body devoid of microsculpture, abdominal tergites entirely finely micro-reticulate. Pubescence pale, moderately long, semi-erect or decumbent. Habitus: Fig. 40h.

Head scarcely broader than its length; puncturation dense, irregular, leaving a large longitudinal impunctate area on frons, interstices larger than diameter of punctures except between a cluster of six punctures on centre of vertex; post-ocular border marked, in the shape of a groove above a carinate bead which forms a tooth a short distance behind posterior margin of eye. Puncturation of pronotum irregular, comparable to that of head, with a pair of almost parallel discal series of four punctures which are scarcely discernible as forming a series among the other punctures; sides with an entire lateral border in the form of a fine carina. Elytra narrow, elongate, with reduced but distinct humeral angles, the sides feebly rounded, almost parallel, widest about 2/3 rds the distance from anterior margin, the disc flattened, depressed; puncturation coarse and dense, the interstices narrower than diameter of punctures. Abdominal puncturation disposed randomly, coarse and dense, the punctures larger than those of elytra.

Female: sternite IX: Fig. 40vp.

In colour, abdominal puncturation and habitus, in particular the shape of the elytra, this new species is comparable to O. shibatai nov.sp. from Taiwan, from which it differs by its less transverse and more densely punctate head, less strongly depressed elytra and the weaker lateral border of the pronotum.