Oedichirus sp. A3

Rougemont, Guillaume de, 2018, New oriental Oedichirus (Staphylinidae, Paederinae, Pinophilini), Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 461-536 : 509

Oedichirus sp. A3

(Fig. 11)

Material studied: 2♀♀: MALAYSIA, Pahang distr., 30KM NE RAUB , LATA LEMBIK , 3.56N - 101.38E, 200-400m, 22.IV.-1.V.2002, E. Jendek &. O. Sausa leg. / Oedichirus sp. A3 det. 2016 G. de Rougemont [ CST and CRO].

Description: Length: 9.5 mm; length of fore-body: 4.8; length of head: 1.75; breadth of head: 1.42; length of antenna: 2.7; length of pronotum: 1.57; breadth of probotum: 1.4; length of elytron: 1.75; breadth of elytra: 1.85. Head black, pronotum red, elytra black with the posterior third red red, abdominal segments III-VI red, the following black; infuscate ares of legs deep black, very broad, leaving only basal halves of femora, apices of tibiae and tarsi pale testaceous. Dorsal surfaces devoid of microsculpture. Pubescence sparse, pale, moderately long, semi-erect.

Female: sternite IX: Fig. 11vp, the orifice of the vulvar plate circular, very deep.

Together with O. vexans sp. n. this new species is distinguished from other members of the O. Alatus group by its large size, large elytra and the extensive infuscation of the legs. The conformation of the female sternite IX and vulvar plate clearly differentiates it from O. vexans .

Distribution: Map 2 . Key 1.

Figures

Map 2: Distribution of the O. Alatus group. Red circles: O. alatus; blue circles: O. chapmani; green circle: O. sihanouki; blue square: O. vexans and sp. A5; red square: O. falcifer; green lozenge: O. patcholatkoi; red lozenge: O. guomindangi; green square: O. astoni; blue stars: O. javanicus; red star: sp. A1; blue triangle: sp. A3; red triangles: sp. A4.