Revision of the Afrotropical species of the Philonthus longicornis species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)

Abstrakt: The Philonthus longicornis species group of the genus Philonthus Stephens, 1829 is revised. Twenty nine species are recognized: P. bestialis Bernhauer, 1939, P. bishanus Tottenham, 1954, P. bisignatus Boheman, 1848, P. brincki Scheerpeltz, 1974, P. deleterius Tottenham, 1955, P. delusor Tottenham, 1955, P. igacus Tottenham, 1955, P. incognitus Bernhauer, 1931, P. labdanus Tottenham, 1954, P. limulus Tottenham, 1954, P. longicornis Stephens, 1832, P. lulengae Bernhauer, 1932, P. maskinius Tottenham, 1954, P. mimeticus Tottenham, 1962, P. minutus Boheman, 1848, P. octopunctatus Bernhauer, 1928, P. peregrinus Fauvel, 1866, P. ponderosus Tottenham, 1954, P. potakus Tottenham, 1956, P. ridens Tottenham, 1955, P. sanamus Tottenham, 1955, P. sithanus Tottenham, 1949, P. tachyoryctidis Jeannel et Paulian, 1945, P. ugandae Bernhauer, 1937, P. vestigator Tottenham, 1955. Four species are described as new: P. hydrocynus sp. nov. (Republic of Central Africa), P. smithornis sp. nov. (Republic of Guinea), P. terpsiphone sp. nov. (Republic of Guinea), P. vulpes sp. nov. (Republic of South Africa, Kenya, Zambia). An identification key to all species of the species group is provided and male genitalia and significant morphological characters are illustrated.

Klíčová slova: Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Philonthina, Philonthus longicornis species group, taxonomy, new species, key, Afrotropical region