Sporades (s. s.) sexpunctatus Fauvel, 1882

Liebherr, James K., 2020, Sporades jaechi sp. nov. with comments on classification of the New Caledonian genus Sporades Fauvel (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini, Trechodina), ZooKeys 908, pp. 123-136 : 123

Sporades (s. s.) sexpunctatus Fauvel, 1882 Figure 6

Diagnosis.

This species is easily diagnosed among all Sporades by the male aedeagus, wherein the median lobe is expanded and twisted apically ( Jeannel 1926: fig. 288; Uéno 1966: fig. 5). A single male of this species was examined (MHNW) to establish the distributional record reported below.

Distribution and habitat.

Giachino (2012) summarized the distributional records of S. sexpunctatus based on examined material, showing that this species maintains a broad geographical distribution across the southern half of Grande Terre ( Giachino 2012: fig. 11). Summarizing all published distributional records for this species, easily diagnosed by the male aedeagus ( Fauvel 1882, 1903, Jeannel 1926, Uéno 1966, Donabauer 2011, Giachino 2012), results in a distributional estimate based on 29 specimens (Fig. 6 ). To these can be added one male: New Caledonia, N-Prov., Tendo 10 km WSW Hienghène, 20°42'46"S 164°48'56"E, 2.IX.1970, leg. H. Franz (M. Jäch pers. comm.). This most-recently documented locality extends the known distribution of S. sexpunctatus well northward in the Northern Province of Grande Terre. The known localities range in elevation 20-390 m, with the species repeatedly collected at sites above 300 m elevation: e.g., Col d'Amieu, Table Unio on the Serraméa-Canala Road, Parc des Grandes Fougères, near Thio, and on Mt. Koghi ( Giachino 2012). Beetles have been collected at the margins of small streams, along a small stream in a ravine, and by splashing gravel bars along streams at night or during the day.

Figures

Figure 6. Distributional records for Sporades sexpunctatus; asterisked locality first reported herein.