New species of the genus Philonthus from the Afrotropical region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Philonthina)
Nové druhy rodu Philonthus z afrotropické oblasti (Coleoptera: Staphylinidea: Philonthina)
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Klapalekiana 49(1–2): 1-22, 2013
Lubomír Hromádka
Published in print: 20th August 2013
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Abstract: Ten new species of the genus Philonthus Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera:
Staphylinidae) are described as follows: Philonthus agapornis sp. nov.
(Democratic Republic of Congo), Philonthus asio sp. nov. (Republic of South
Africa), Philonthus cuculus sp. nov. (Sierra Leone), Philonthus hypargos sp.
nov. (Republic of South Africa), Philonthus lepiobagrus sp. nov. (Tanzania),
Philonthus litocranius sp. nov. (Republic of Central Africa), Philonthus pytilia
sp. nov. (Tanzania), Philonthus quelea sp. nov. (Zimbabwe), Philonthus
trochocerus sp. nov. (Republic of Chad), Philonthus zoothera sp. nov.
(Democratic Republic of Congo). One species is synonymized: Philonthus aonyx
Hromádka, 2009 syn. nov. of P. lebkanus Fauvel, 1907; one species of
Philonthus is transferred to the genus Afrorabigus Levasseur, 1965 and
synonymized: Afrorabigus mortuorum (Cameron, 1951), comb. nov. and syn. nov. of
A. robusticornis (Bernhauer, 1915). The male genitalia of all species and
morphological details of some species are illustrated.
Key words: Taxonomy, new species, new synonyms, new combination, key, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Philonthina, Philonthus, Afrotropical region