Revision of the Philonthus discoideus - P. xanthoraphis species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina)

Autor: Hromádka, Lubomír
Jazyk: angličtina
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Druh dokumentu: Non-fiction
ISSN: 1211-376X
Abstrakt: Abstract: The Philonthus discoideus - P. xanthorhaspis species group of genus Philonthus Stephens, 1829 is revised. Twenty two species are recognized, four species are described as new: Philonthus hyperolius sp. nov. (Kenya), P. sylvisorex sp. nov. (Burundi), P. treron sp. nov. (Tanzania) and P. uraeginthus spec. nov. (Zimbabwe). The eighteen remaining species are redescribed: P. coiffaiti Levasseur, 1962, P. curvabilis Herman, 2001, P. discoideus (Gravenhorst, 1802), P. flavocinctus Motschulsky, 1858, P. lineolatus Tottenham, 1962, P. luenaensis Levasseur, 1962, P. marcescens Tottenham, 1949, P. mivutanus Tottenham, 1962, P. nairobiensis Fauvel, 1907, P. negligens Tottenham, 1962, P. neuter Tottenham, 1962, P. senegalensis Bernhauer, 1937, P. stercorosus Tottenham, 1962, P. taterae Scheerpeltz, 1951, P. testaceocinctus Bernhauer, 1915, P. uhligi Hromádka, 2005, P. xanthoraphis Eppesheim, 1895, P. ventralis (Gravenhorst, 1802). P. clambus Tottenham, 1949 is synonymized with P. nairobiensis Fauvel, 1907. An identification key to all species of the species group is provided and male genitalia and significant morphological characters are ilustrated.
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