Rhyparus fijiensis Minkina, Anichtchenko, Vasiljeva, & Skelley 2022

Rhyparus fijiensis Minkina, Anichtchenko, Vasiljeva, & Skelley, 2022 Figures 30–31 Rhyparus fijiensis Minkina, Anichtchenko, Vasiljeva, & Skelley, 2022: 86–88. Type locality: Fiji, Viti Levu Island, Navai. Diagnosis. A member of the genus Rhyparus distinguished from other species by the larger body size, length 5.9–7.8 mm (Fig. 30). Head with clypeal margin sharply toothed. Pronotal lateral margin strongly sinuate and lobed; costa low and straight; surface evenly coarsely punctate with punctures separated by a one or more puncture diameter. Elytral costae low, straight; discomedian costa with postdiscal swelling abrupt, bulbous; intercostae glossy, with opalescent sheen. Abdomen of female with apical ventrite shortened medially; female pygidium depressed into last ventrite, surface weakly carinate medially with truncate apex (Fig. 31). Distribution. Fiji (Vanua Levu, Viti Levu). Material examined. A total of 28 specimens as cited in Minkina et al. (2022). Comments. This is one of the species having modified female apical abdominal ventrite and pygidium (Minkina et al. 2022, 2023, 2025). See discussion under Rhyparus vanuatuensis, new species.