Diphyrrhynchus halorageos (Montrouzier, 1860)

Acanthosternus halorageos Montrouzier, 1860: 290 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Vanuatu. Espiritu Santo Isl., Luganville, Surunda beach, seashore, 8.X.2006, leg. L. Soldati, 10 ♂♂, 24 ♀♀ (MNHN), 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ (coll. LS). — Espiritu Santo Isl., Big Bay, Matantas, Vatthe Area Conservation, 12-17.X.2006, leg. L. Soldati, 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ (MNHN).

DISTRIBUTION. — New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, île des Pins, Vanuatu and Australia (Kaszab 1982b).

REMARKS

As its specific epithet suggests, this little nocturnal darkling beetle lives in the coastal sand and hides during the day at the base of Haloragis prostrata J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.