Revision of the Afrotropical species of the Philonthus (Philonthus) bicoloripennis species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina)

Abstrakt: Philonthus bicoloripennis species-group, corresponding to the subgenus Pseudophilonthus Bernhauer, 1915 of the genus Philonthus Stephens, 1829, is proposed and revised. The species-group comprises 40 Afrotropical species and 1 subspecies. Of these, twenty one species and one subspecies are described as new: P. acinonyx sp. n. (Nigeria), P. antidorcas sp. n. (Malawi), P. ardeotis sp. n. (Kenya, Tanzania), P. balearica sp. n. (Liberia), P. crocodylus sp. n. (Cameroon), P. dasypeltis sp. n. (Angola), P. giraffa sp. n. (Sierra Leone), P. gypaetus sp. n. (Zambia), P. haliaeetus sp. n. (Nigeria, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo), P. hippopotamus sp. n. (Zimbabwe), P. kobus sp. n. (Tanzania), P. lagonosticta sp. n. (Cameroon), P. naja sp. n. (Liberia), P. okapia sp. n. (Gabon), P. pelecanus pelecanus ssp. n. (Liberia), P. pelecanus liberianus ssp. n. (Liberia), P. platalea sp. n. (Democratic Republic of Congo), P. profelis sp. n. (Democratic Republic of Congo), P. python sp. n. (Nigeria), P. taphozous sp. n. (Madagascar), P. trionyx sp. n. (Democratic Republic of the Congo), P. trochoecerus sp. n. (Tanzania). A further five species are redescribed: P. atricollis Bernhauer, 1916, P. bicoloripennis Bernhauer, 1915, P. dollmani Bernhauer, 1914, P. pallidicauda Bernhauer, 1919, P. subtilicornis Bernhauer, 1912. Fourteen species formerly placed in the subgenus Philonthus s. str. are also included in the P. bicoloripennis species-group and redescribed: P. allardi Levasseur, 1961, P. allardianus Levasseur, 1961, P. cambeforti Lecoq, 1989, P. dorylophilus Cameron, 1911, P. luluanus Bernhauer, 1915, P. moucheti Levasseur, 1962, P. parasanguineus Levasseur, 1962, P. repetitus Herman, 2001, P. rhodesianus Tottenham, 1949, P. ruweanus Levasseur, 1962, P. sanguineus Fauvel, 1907, P. simonae Levasseur, 1962, P. syncerus Hromádka, 2005 and P. volvulus Bernhauer, 19 2. The male genitalia of most species and morphological details of some species are illustrated, and an identification key to all species is provided.

Klíčová slova: Taxonomy, key, new species, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Philonthina, Philonthus, Afrotropical region