Oxypoda (s. str.) grandipennis (Casey, 1911a), comb. nov.

(Figs. 10–14)

Moluciba grandipennis Casey, 1911a: 156 .

Atheta (Moluciba) grandipennis: Fenyes, 1920: 219 (as valid species).

Atheta (Moluciba) grandipennis: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 671 (as valid species).

Atheta (Moluciba) grandipennis: Moore & Legner, 1975: 362 (as valid species).

Moluciba grandipennis: Seevers, 1978: 249 (as valid species).

Moluciba grandipennis: Newton et al., 2000: 361 (as valid species).

Type material. Holotype of Moluciba grandipennis: ♀, “ Metlakatla B. [ritish] Col.[umbia] Keen ”, “ Moluciba grandipennis Csy. ”, “TYPE USNM 39020 ” (red label), “CASEY bequest 1925” (NMNH).

Additional material. CANADA: Québec: ♀, Chic­Chocs, 17.viii.1994 ; ♂, 50 km E Québec­City, Armagh, 46º44’N 70º35’W, 2.viii.1994 (SPSU) ; 2 specimens, 170 km NE Québec­City, Pohénégamook, 47º28’N 69º14’W, 16.viii.1994 (LFC, SPSU) ; 3 specimens, ditto but 2.viii.1994 (LFC); 1 specimen, Lac Mitis, 48º18’N 67º48’W, 22.viii.1994 (SPSU) ; 1 specimen, ditto but 15.viii.1994 (LFC); UNITED STATES: Alaska: ♀, Kenai Peninsula, 10 km S Ninilchik, 59º57.26–.25’N 151º43.81’W, 50 m, forest litter, Picea, 22.vii.1998 (V.I.Gusarov) ; ♂, Richardson Hwy., NNW Willow Creek, 61º50.17’N 145º13.81’W, 500 m, in human feces, 13.vii.1998 (V.I.Gusarov) (SPSU) .

Diagnosis. Oxypoda grandipennis can be distinguished from other Nearctic members of the nominotypical subgenus by a dark brown body with the brownish yellow pronotum, humeral angles and posterior margin of the elytra, abdominal terga 3–5 and posterior margin of tergum 7; and the distinct shape of the aedeagus (Figs. 10–13) and spermatheca (Fig. 14).

Distribution. Oxypoda grandipennis is a boreal species with a transnearctic distribution. It is known from Alaska and Québec.