Orcus chujoi Bielawski

Orcus chujoi Bielawski, 1961: 3 .

This endemic species is recorded from the west coast (Poya) and the east coast (Pouébo) and the Central Range (Sarraméa, Mt Aoupinié, Forêt Plate, Mt Yambi, Mt Djiaouma). It is an uncommon species in the wild. This Orcus would be a predator of hemipterous prey in forested areas. According to Laczynski & Tomaszewska (2009), the pattern and coloration of the elytra and pronotum are unique within the genus and easily separates O. chujoi from all its congeners.

Material examined. NEW CALEDONIA: Mt Djiaouma, 1020m, 18.x.1988 (J. Chazeau rec.) (ONNC); Pouébo (around), 23.xi. 1987 (J.P. Morin rec.) (ONNC); Poya, 22.v.1958 (Y. Shibata rec.) (ONNC); Sarraméa, montain, 10.ii.1968 (P. Cochereau rec.) (ONNC); Ponérihouen, Aoupinié, 21.1038°S / 165.1707°E / 945m, 11.x.2006 (C. Mille rec.) (CXMNC); Ponérihouen, Aoupinié, 21.1038°S / 165.1707°E / 945m, 11.x.2006 (S. Cazères rec.) (CXMNC); Ponérihouen, Aoupinié, 21°08'9.46''S / 165°19'4.07''E / 389m, 25.iv.2006 (C. Mille & J. Brinon rec.) (CXMNC); Ouégoa, Mandjélia, 20.39683°S / 164.53218°E / 787m, 07.ii.2005 (S. Cazères & C. Mille rec.) (CXMNC); Ouégoa, Mandjélia, 20.39683°S / 164.53218°E / 787m, 14.xii.2009 (C. Mille, J. Brinon, J-P. Kataoui rec.) (CXMNC); Farino, "Tendéa", 21.61431°S / 165.70065°E / 408m, 23.vi.2004 (S. Cazères rec.) (CXMNC); Farino, "Tendéa", 29.iv.2004 (S. Cazères rec.) (CXMNC); Sarraméa, Col d'Amieu, 21.62418°S / 165.81045°E / 514m, 18.xi.2004 (S. Cazères & J. Brinon rec.) (CXMNC); Sarraméa, Col d'Amieu, 21°34.684ʹS/165°46.278ʹE/ 489m, 04.x.2006 (S. Cazères rec.) (CXMNC).

Literature records. NEW CALEDONIA: Mt. Aoupinié, 700 m, 18.IV.1996, M.S. Moulds (1: ANIC); Forêt Plate, 600 m, 22.VI.1996, M.S. Moulds, Orcus chujoi Biel., det. A. S. Ślipiński (1: ANIC); Yambi, NE, 500–700 m, 14.X.1967, J. & M. Sedlacek, Collectors, Bishop (1: BPBM); 10km S. of Koh, 31.I.1963 (1: BPBM) (Laczynski & Tomaszewska 2009).