" Redescription of Vata gracilipalpis W. Horn, 1909, a rare endemic New Caledonian Tiger Beetle (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae). This species, very probably nocturnal, was newly collected several decades after its first description, and the male is herein made known. A checklist of the 21 species known so far from New Caledonia (with 24 taxa), almost all endemic, is provided."

Rivière des Pirogues, Provincial Park of the Blue River, near the falls of the Madeleine.

(Redescription de Vata gracilipalpis W. Horn, 1909, rare Cicindèle endémique de Nouvelle-Calédonie (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) par Philippe RICHOUX, Fabio CASSOLA, Sylvie CAZERES & Christian MILLE, Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 115 (3), 2010 : 281-284.)