New oriental Oedichirus (Staphylinidae, Paederinae, Pinophilini) Author Rougemont, Guillaume de text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2018 2018-07-27 50 1 461 536 journal article 21070 10.5281/zenodo.4004245 f3cb952d-98ae-4de8-9482-4f7a876ddf77 0253-116X 4004245 Oedichirus nepalensis nov.sp. (Figs 40) Material studied: ♀ Holotype : NEPAL , ANNAPURNA HIMAL LUMLE , 17- 22.06.1999 , A. KUDRNA JR LGT. / HOLOTYPE Oedichirus nepalensis Des. 2015 G. de Rougemont [ NHMW ]. Description: 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.