Novoclaviger capensis ( Péringuey, 1888 ) Hlavác, 2007

Hlavác, Peter, 2007, Revision of the subtribe Clavigerodina and an annotated catalogue of South African Clavigeritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), African Invertebrates 48 (2), pp. 65-92 : 75-76

Novoclaviger capensis ( Péringuey, 1888) , comb. n.

Commatocerus capensis: Péringuey 1888: 84 .

Fustigerodes capensis (Péringuey) : Raffray 1897: 117.

Fustigerodes (s. str.) capensis (Péringuey) : Jeannel 1964: 208, fig. 303 (habitus).

Differential diagnosis: This species is most closely related to N. pugionis sp. n., from which it differs in having the longitudinal sulcus on the pronotum poorly developed, almost absent, and a different shape of the tooth and spine on the mesofemora and mesotibiae.

Description: Body from reddish brown to dark brown, 1.92–1.95 mm long and 0.78– 0.80 mm wide, head 1.05 times as long as wide and about as long as pronotum, surface not reticulate, punctured on whole surface, frontal rostrum round, clypeus clearly visible dorsally, tempora slightly convergent; antennae longer, terminal antennomere subcylindrical, 4.61–4.73 times as long as wide, antennomere III almost quadrate; pronotum about 1.08–1.14 times as wide as long, macrosetae on sides absent, longitudinal sulcus almost absent, posterior part of elytra simple, without macrosetae, disc smooth, shiny; abdomen smooth and shiny, humeri lacking macrosetae; lateral processes on composite tergum large, elongate, depressed at tip, rugose and bicarinate; triangular tooth of mesofemora moderate in size, located at base, mesofemora normally developed with shallow groove from middle to apex, sharp, acute spine of mesotibiae located some distance from apex. Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape: 1ơ ‘S Africa 6.x.[19]01, Grahamstown [33º18'S: 26º31'E], Dr. C. Le Boux’; 1ơ ‘Caffraria, Weale 1878, Coll. Westw. / Fustigerodes capensis Per., Cl. Besuchet , dét.

ii.1983 / [h] Novoclaviger capensis Pér. Cl. Besuchet , dét. 2001’ (both MHNG). UNKNOWN COUNTRY: 1ơ [lacking aedeagus] ‘ Commatocerus capensis 67 [illegible text] / [blue label] MUSEUM PARIS, 1917, COLL. A. RAFFRAY / F. capensis A. Raffray det. / Fustigerodes capensis ’ (MNHN) .