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BE6487EEB037FFCDFE096C7AA2A51517.text	BE6487EEB037FFCDFE096C7AA2A51517.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Philonthus arrowianus Bernhauer 1931	<div><p>Philonthus arrowianus species group</p> <p>The newly defined Philonthus arrowianus species group is characterized especially by an unusual shape of the aedeagus: the median lobe terminates in a very large, sharply pointed hook in lateral view, and the paramere is deeply divergent apically with each lobe furnished with a moderate number of sensory peg setae. The species of the group are medium sized with body lengths of 10.7–13.8 mm.</p> <p>The following species are included in the group:</p> <p>Philonthus arrowianus Bernhauer, 1931 Ethiopia</p> <p>Philonthus chappuisi Bernhauer, 1939 Kenya</p> <p>Philonthus currax sp. nov. Gabon</p> <p>Philonthus galago sp. nov. Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Republic of South</p> <p>Africa</p> <p>Philonthus meges Tottenham, 1949 Ethiopia</p> <p>Philonthus trilobatus Tottenham, 1949 Democratic Republic of the Congo</p> <p>Philonthus currax sp. nov. is slightly abberant in comparison to other species of the group.</p> <p>See under this species for details.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE6487EEB037FFCDFE096C7AA2A51517	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Hromádka, Lubomír	Hromádka, Lubomír (2010): A revision of the Afrotropical species of the Philonthus arrowianus species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1): 131-144, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5325118
BE6487EEB037FFCEFEFA6AFEA17E167E.text	BE6487EEB037FFCEFEFA6AFEA17E167E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Philonthus arrowianus Bernhauer 1931	<div><p>Philonthus arrowianus Bernhauer, 1931</p> <p>(Figs. 1–5)</p> <p>Philonthus arrowianus Bernhauer, 1931: 585.</p> <p>Type locality. Ethiopia, Mt. Zik’wala, ca. 2745 m a.s.l.</p> <p>Type material examined. LECTOTYPE (here designated): J, ‛ Abyssinia, Mt. Zuquala, circa 9,000 ft. // Brit. Mus 1927-121 // 22.X.1926, Dr. H. Scott // Chicago NHMus, M. Bernhauer collection // arrowianus Bernh. Cotyp. // Philonthus arrowianus Bernh. Cotypus’ (FMNH).</p> <p>Redescription. Body length 11.1 mm, length of fore body (to end of elytra) 5.1 mm.</p> <p>Colouration. Head black, maxillary palpi, labial palpi and antennae dark brown, base of antennomere 2 brown-yellow, pronotum and scutellum black-brown, elytra brown-red with sides vaguely darker, abdomen dark brown, with a clear rainbow iridescence, posterior margins of all tergites narrowly brown-red, femora and tarsi brown-yellow, tibiae darker.</p> <p>Head slightly wider than long (ratio 32: 30), parallel-sided, posterior angles rounded, each bearing one long and several shorter bristles. Four coarse punctures between eyes, distance between medial interocular punctures four times the distance between medial and lateral interocular puncture, lateral punctures slightly shifted anteriad. Eyes shorter than temples (ratio 12: 14). Three coarse punctures situated along medial margin of eye in its posterior half. Temporal area densely punctate. Surface without microsculpture.</p> <p>Antennae slender and long, reaching posterior margin of pronotum when reclined. All antennomeres longer than wide. Relative lengths of antennomeres: 1 = 12; 2 = 6.5; 3 = 8; 4–7 = 5.5; 8–10 = 5; 11 = 6.</p> <p>Pronotum highly convex, slightly longer than wide (ratio 44: 41), inconspicuously narrowed anteriad. Anterior angles conspicuously deflexed, vaguely obtusely rounded. Left dorsal row with six punctures, right row with seven punctures. Punctures 1–5 approximately equidistant, distance between punctures 5 and 6 shorter than distance between previous punctures. Each sublateral row with two punctures. Surface without microsculpture.</p> <p>Scutellum coarsely and very densely punctate, diameter of punctures somewhat larger than eye facets, distance between punctures very small.</p> <p>Elytra combined wider than long (ratio 54: 49), slightly widened posteriad. Punctation coarse and sparse, punctures larger than eye facets, separated by 1.0–1.5 puncture diameters in transverse direction. Surface without microsculpture; setation light brown.</p> <p>Legs. Metatarsus as long as metatibia, relative lengths of metatarsomeres: 1 = 8; 2 = 6; 3 = 5; 4 = 4; 5 = 8.</p> <p>Abdomen wide, parallel-sided, very slightly narrowed posteriad beginning with visible tergite V. First three visible tergites with two basal lines, elevated area between lines densely punctate. Punctation of visible tergites very fine and very dense; punctures smaller than eye facets, separated by distance smaller than diameter of punctures, becoming sparser towards posterior margin of each tergite. Surface without microsculpture; setation similar to that on elytra.</p> <p>Male. Protarsomeres 1–3 strongly dilated and sub-bilobed, each covered with modified pale setae ventrally, protarsomere 4 distinctly narrower than preceding ones. Sternite VIII (Fig. 4), sternite IX (Fig. 5), aedeagus (Figs 1–3).</p> <p>Female. Unknown.</p> <p>Differential diagnosis. Philonthus arrowianus may be distinguished from the similar P. meges by a narrower head, longer eyes and different shape of the aedeagus.</p> <p>Distribution. Ethiopia.</p> <p>Note. The species was described from two specimens, one from Mt. Zik’wala and one from Mt. Ch’ilalo, situated ca. 80 km apart. I have examined only the former specimen, which is hereby designated as the lectotype.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE6487EEB037FFCEFEFA6AFEA17E167E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Hromádka, Lubomír	Hromádka, Lubomír (2010): A revision of the Afrotropical species of the Philonthus arrowianus species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1): 131-144, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5325118
BE6487EEB035FFCFFE006F85A1BD163C.text	BE6487EEB035FFCFFE006F85A1BD163C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Philonthus chappuisi Bernhauer 1939	<div><p>Philonthus chappuisi Bernhauer, 1939</p> <p>(Figs 6–9)</p> <p>Philonthus chappuisi Bernhauer, 1939: 84.</p> <p>Type locality. Kenya, Mt. Aberdare, Kinangop, 2600 m a.s.l.</p> <p>Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: J, ‛ KENYA, Mais forest Kinangop, Mt.Aberdare,ver´s Ouest 2600m, Mission de l´Omo, C. Arambourg, P.A. Chappuis &amp; R. Jeannel, 1932 – 33. // Philonthus chappuisi Bernhauer, TYPE [ochre oblong label, handwritten]’ (FMNH).</p> <p>Redescription. Body length 10.9 mm, length of fore body (to end of elytra) 5.0 mm.</p> <p>Colouration. Head black, maxillary and labial palpi yellow-brown, mandibles dark brown, antennae black, base of antennomere 1 yellow-brown, clypeus along anterior margin and antennal sockets narrowly yellow-brown, pronotum black-brown, elytra dark brown with strong coppery shine, abdomen black-brown, femora and tarsi yellow-brown, tibiae of all legs black.</p> <p>Head rather flat, slightly wider than long (ratio 30: 28), parallel-sided, posterior angles marked, eyes slightly projecting, somewhat shorter than temples (ratio 10: 11), between eyes with four punctures, distance between medial interocular punctures five times the distance between medial and lateral puncture; temporal area with many coarse punctures; surface with microsculpture consisting of transverse waves.</p> <p>Antennae long, when reclined exceeding posterior margin of pronotum by length of antennomere 11. All antennomeres longer than wide. Relative lengths of antennomeres: 1 = 12; 2 = 6; 3 = 7; 4–6 = 6; 7 = 5; 8 = 4.5; 9–10 = 4; 11 = 7.5.</p> <p>Pronotum slightly wider than long (ratio 40: 38), hardly narrowed anteriad, each dorsal row with four punctures, distance between punctures 3–4 somewhat smaller than distance between punctures 2–3, each sublateral row with two punctures, puncture 1 situated on level between punctures 2–3 of dorsal rows, surface with microsculpture similar to that on head.</p> <p>Scutellum finely and densely punctate, punctures equal in size to eye facets, separated by distance smaller than diameter of puncture.</p> <p>Elytra combined distinctly wider than long (ratio 52: 46), slightly widened posteriad, very densely and finely punctate, diameter of punctures somewhat larger than eye facets, distance between punctures smaller than diameter of punctures, surface without microsculpture; setation dark.</p> <p>Abdomen wide, slightly narrowed anteriad and posteriad from visible tergite III. First four visible tergites with two basal lines, elevated area between lines impunctate, punctation of visible tergites somewhat finer than that on elytra, becoming finer and sparser towards posterior margin of each tergite, surface between punctures without microsculpture; setation similar to that on elytra.</p> <p>Legs. Metatibia vaguely longer than metatarsus (ratio 35: 33), lengths of metatarsomeres: 1 = 10; 2 = 5; 3 = 4.5; 4 = 4; 5 = 8.</p> <p>Male. Protarsomeres 1–3 markedly dilated and sub-bilobed, each covered with modified pale setae ventrally, sternite IX (Fig. 9), aedeagus (Figs. 6–8).</p> <p>Female. Unknown.</p> <p>Differential diagnosis. Philonthus chappuisi is similar to P. trilobatus but differs from it by wider elytra, lighter legs and a different shape of the aedeagus.</p> <p>Distribution. Kenya, known only from the type locality.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE6487EEB035FFCFFE006F85A1BD163C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Hromádka, Lubomír	Hromádka, Lubomír (2010): A revision of the Afrotropical species of the Philonthus arrowianus species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1): 131-144, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5325118
BE6487EEB033FFCAFE456F85A2011299.text	BE6487EEB033FFCAFE456F85A2011299.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Philonthus currax Hromádka 2010	<div><p>Philonthus currax sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 10–14)</p> <p>Type locality. Gabon, Loango.</p> <p>Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, ‛ GABON, Loango // Holotypus Philonthus currax Hromádka det. 2009 [oblong red label, printed] // Philonthus currax Tottenham,TYPE [oblong ochre label, handwritten] // Philonthus mimus Fauvel, coll. et det. A. Fauvel, R.I.Sc.N.B. 17.479 [oblong ochre label, handwritten]’ (IRSB). PARATYPES: 4 spec., same data as in holotype (IRSB).All paratypes with red printed oblong labels.</p> <p>Description. Body length 11.3–13.8 mm, length of fore body (to end of elytra) 5.3– 6.0 mm.</p> <p>Colouration. Head black, pronotum brown-black, scutellum, elytra and abdomen orangeyellow, maxillary and labial palpi yellow-brown, mandibles brown, antennomeres 1–3 and 10–11 pale brown, remaining antennomeres dark brown, legs yellow-brown.</p> <p>Head transverse, wider than long (ratio 41: 36), inconspicuously narrowed posteriad, posterior angles obtusely rounded, each with several short bristles. Four coarse punctures between eyes, distance between medial interocular punctures about four times the distance between medial and lateral interocular puncture. Eyes large and slightly convex, much longer than temples (ratio 14: 8), with several coarse punctures situated along inner margin of each eye; temporal area with several variably large punctures. Surface without microsculpture.</p> <p>Antennae slender and long, reaching posterior margin of pronotum when reclined. All antennomeres longer than wide, relative lengths of antennomeres: 1 = 15; 2 = 12; 3 = 14; 4–5 = 8; 6–7 = 7; 8–10 = 6; 11 = 9.</p> <p>Pronotum wider than long (ratio 55: 50), slightly narrowed anteriad, sides slightly curved, anterior angles rectangular, conspicuously deflexed, vaguely obtusely rounded, posterior angles markedly rounded. Each dorsal row with 10 fine punctures of variable distance between each pair, each sublateral row with three fine punctures, puncture 2 distinctly shifted laterad. Surface with very fine microsculpture.</p> <p>Entire scutellum very finely and densely punctate, punctures as large as eye facets, arranged into transverse rows, occasionally slightly contiguous, distance between punctures very small.</p> <p>Elytra combined wider than long (ratio 69: 60), slightly widened posteriad. Punctation very dense and fine, diameter of punctures somewhat larger than eye facets, punctures separated mostly by a distance smaller than diameter of punctures, surface without microsculpture; setation long and yellow.</p> <p>Legs. Metatarsus longer than metatibia (ratio 44: 42), relative lengths of metatarsomeres: 1 = 14; 2 = 7; 3 = 6; 4 = 5; 5 = 10.</p> <p>Abdomen wide, gradually narrowed posteriad. First four visible tergites with two basal lines, elevated area between lines impunctate. Punctation of visible tergites finer than that on elytra, punctures separated by one puncture diameter in transverse direction. Surface without microsculpture; setation similar to that on elytra.</p> <p>Male. Protarsomeres 1–3 markedly dilated and sub-bilobed, each covered with modified pale setae ventrally, protarsomere 4 distinctly narrower than preceding ones. Sternite VIII (Fig. 14), aedeagus (Figs 10–13).</p> <p>Female. Protarsomeres 1–3 much less dilated than in male, protarsomere 4 small, all protarsomeres bearing modified pale setae ventrally.</p> <p>Differential diagnosis. Philonthus currax sp. nov. may be distinguished from all species of this species group by the paler body colouration, larger number of punctures in dorsal row of pronotum and different shape of the aedeagus.</p> <p>Etymology. Currax (Lat.), meaning swift, adjective. The specimens were found in the collection of IRSN, bearing the identification labels by Fauvel (as P. mimus) and Tottenham (as P. currax). None of these names have ever been published. I am using Tottenham’s original name, because the name suggested by Fauvel is already preoccupied by P. mimus Smetana, 1959 from Albania.</p> <p>Distribution. Gabon, known only from the type locality.</p> <p>Discussion. In comparison to other species of the P. arrowianus group, Philonthus currax sp. nov. is abberant in the following characters: presence of a large number of punctures in the dorsal rows on the pronotum, presence of impunctate elevated areas between the basal lines on the tergites, a conspicuously different arrangement of the peg setae on the parameres and the shape of the terminal hook of the median lobe. The shape of the aedeagus is, however, otherwise rather similar to other species of the P. arrowianus group. For that reason, I tentatively include this species into P. arrowianus group, but its placement needs to be reexamined in the future studies.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE6487EEB033FFCAFE456F85A2011299	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Hromádka, Lubomír	Hromádka, Lubomír (2010): A revision of the Afrotropical species of the Philonthus arrowianus species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1): 131-144, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5325118
BE6487EEB030FFCBFE6F6C44A3B7143E.text	BE6487EEB030FFCBFE6F6C44A3B7143E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Philonthus galago Hromádka 2010	<div><p>Philonthus galago sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 15–24)</p> <p>Type locality. Republic of South Africa, Natal, Underberg-Mkomazana Lodge 1400-1800 m a.s.l.</p> <p>Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘RSA-Natal, 11.ii.2001, 29°37´S- 29°25´E, Underberg-Mkomazana Lodge 1400- 1800m, Dr. R. Fencl lgt. // Holotypus Philonthus galago sp. nov. Hromádka, det. 2009 [red oblong printed label]’ (NMPC). PARATYPES: REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA: 1 ♀, same data as in holotype (JJRC). DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: 2 ♀♀, Congo, Kundelungu, N. P., 6.iii.1950, N. Leleup (LHPC). MALAWI: 2 ♀♀, 1J, North.Reg. Nyika Plateau, Chelinda 2300m, 1.-21.xii.1981, R. Jocqué (MRAT). ZAMBIA: 1J, Lusaka, vii.1985, M. Burda lgt. (LHPC). All paratypes with red printed label.</p> <p>Description. Body length 11.2–11.9 mm, length of fore body (to end of elytra) 5.9– 6.3 mm.</p> <p>Colouration. Head, pronotum, scutellum and abdomen black, elytra carmine, elytral suture, shoulders and posterior margin narrowly black, maxillary and labial palpi dark brown, terminal palpomere of both palpi vaguely paler, mandibles and antennae black, base of antennomere 2 brown-yellow. Legs black-brown, tarsomeres 4–5 of meso- and metatarsus brown-yellow.</p> <p>Head quadrate, as long as wide, parallel-sided behind eyes, posterior angles obtusely rounded. Eyes flat, shorter than temples (ratio 11: 16). Four punctures between eyes, distance between medial interocular punctures about four times the distance between medial and lateral interocular puncture. Four smaller punctures arranged in a straight line near postero-median angle of each eye. Temporal area with several punctures of variable size. Surface without microsculpture.</p> <p>Antennae long and slender, reaching posterior fourth of pronotum when reclined. Antennomeres 1–8 and 11 longer than wide, antennomeres 9–10 as long as wide. Relative lengths of antennomeres: 1 = 11; 2 = 8; 3–8 = 5; 9–10 = 4; 11 = 6.5.</p> <p>Pronotum longer than wide (ratio 44: 40), inconspicuously narrowed anteriad. Anterior angles almost rectangular, posterior angles markedly rounded. Each dorsal row with five more or less equidistant punctures. Each sublateral row with two punctures, puncture 1 on the same level as puncture 3 of dorsal row. Surface without microsculpture.</p> <p>Middle portion of scutellum coarsely and densely punctate, lateral portions impunctate. Punctures larger than eye facets, distances between punctures very small. Setation long and black.</p> <p>Elytra combined as long as wide, indistinctly widened posteriad, coarsely and densely punctate, punctures similar to those on scutellum, separated by one puncture diameter in transverse direction. Surface between punctures without microsculpture; setation long and brown-yellow.</p> <p>Legs. Metatatibia longer than metatarsus (ratio 36: 34). Metatarsomere 1 somewhat longer than metatarsomere 5, relative lengths of metatarsomeres: 1 = 11; 2 = 6; 3 = 5; 4 = 4; 5 = 10.</p> <p>Abdomen slightly narrowed anteriad and posteriad from visible tergite V. First four visible tergites with two basal lines, elevated area between lines very sparsely punctate. Base of all tergites more densely punctate than elytra, punctation becoming distinctly sparser towards posterior margin of each tergite. Surface without microsculpture.</p> <p>Male. Protarsomeres 1–3 strongly dilated, sub-bilobed, each densely covered with modified pale setae ventrally, protarsomere 4 small and heart-shaped. Sternite VIII (Fig. 18), sternite IX (Fig. 19), aedeagus (Figs. 15–17, 22–24).</p> <p>Female. Protarsomeres 1–3 less dilated than in male, protarsomere 4 small, only protarsomeres 1–3 bearing modified pale setae ventrally. Tergite X (Fig. 20), gonocoxite of female genital segment (Fig. 21).</p> <p>Differential diagnosis. Philonthus galago sp. nov. may be distinguished from the similar P. meges by shorter eyes and antennae, wider elytra and a different shape of the aedeagus.</p> <p>Etymology. The name of this species, a noun in apposition, is the generic Latin name of the African Senegal Bushbaby Galago senegalensis E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796.</p> <p>Distribution. Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Zambia, Republic of South Africa (Natal).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE6487EEB030FFCBFE6F6C44A3B7143E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Hromádka, Lubomír	Hromádka, Lubomír (2010): A revision of the Afrotropical species of the Philonthus arrowianus species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1): 131-144, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5325118
BE6487EEB031FFC5FE166B25A21F153E.text	BE6487EEB031FFC5FE166B25A21F153E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Philonthus meges Tottenham 1949	<div><p>Philonthus meges Tottenham, 1949</p> <p>(Figs 25–29)</p> <p>Philonthus meges Tottenham, 1949: 332.</p> <p>Type locality. Ethiopia [Abyssinia], Mt. Zik’wala, ca. 2945 m a.s.l.</p> <p>Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: J, ‛ Abyssinia: Mt. Zuquala circa 9.000 feet, (2945 m), 22.x.1926, Dr. H. Scott, Brit. Mus. 1927-127. // Philonthus meges Tottenham, TYPE [white oblong label, handwritten]’ (very teneral) (BMNH).</p> <p>Additional material examined. ETHIOPIA: J, Bahr-Dar, 4.vi.1967, P. Štys lgt. (LHPC); ♀, Bale, 8 km. W. of Dinshu, 0706 N, 3944 E, 3.050m, xii.1971, without collector (LHPC).</p> <p>Redescription. Body length 11.0– 11.4 mm, length of fore body (to end of elytra) 4.5–4.8 mm.</p> <p>Colouration. Head black, pronotum, scutellum and abdomen black-brown, elytra red, anterior and posterior angles and suture narrowly brown-black. Maxillary and labial palpi brown-yellow, apex of palpomere 3 of both palpi paler, mandibles and antennae dark brown, base of antennomere 2 yellow-brown, femora and tibiae brown, tarsi brown-yellow, slightly paler distally. Abdomen with rainbow-coloured iridescence.</p> <p>Head quadrate, as long as wide, each posterior angle with several variably long black bristles. Eyes flat, as long as temples. Posterior margin of each eye with three coarse punctures. Temporal area with many setiferous punctures of variable size. Four coarse punctures between eyes, distance between medial interocular punctures four times the distance between medial and lateral puncture. Medial punctures indistinctly shifted anteriad. Surface without microsculpture.</p> <p>Antennae slender and long, reaching posterior margin of pronotum when reclined. All antennomeres longer than wide. Relative lengths of antennomeres: 1 = 11; 2 = 7; 3 = 8; 4–7 = 6; 8–10 = 5; 11 = 7.</p> <p>Pronotum longer than wide (ratio 42: 38.5), indistinctly narrowed anteriad, anterior angles conspicuously deflexed, vaguely obtusely rounded, almost rectangular, each with several short bristles. Sides with several variably long bristles. Left dorsal row with five punctures, right row with seven punctures, left sublateral row with three punctures, right row with two punctures. Surface without microsculpture.</p> <p>Scutellum coarsely and densely punctate. Punctures larger than eye facets, distance between punctures very small.</p> <p>Elytra combined wider than long (ratio 50: 45), parallel-sided. Punctation coarser and sparser than on scutellum. Surface between punctures without microsculpture; setation dark.</p> <p>Legs. Metatibia as long as metatarsus. Relative lengths of metatarsomeres: 1 = 13; 2 = 6; 3 = 5; 4 = 4; 5 = 7.5.</p> <p>Abdomen nearly parallel-sided, indistinctly narrowed posteriad. First four visible tergites with two basal lines, elevated area between lines impunctate. Punctation at base of all visible tergites finer but denser than that on elytra, becoming even finer and sparser towards posterior margin of each tergite. Surface between punctures without microsculpture; setation similar to that on elytra.</p> <p>Male. Protarsomeres 1–3 markedly dilated and sub-bilobed, each covered with modified pale setae ventrally, protarsomere 4 narrower than preceding ones. Sternite VIII (Fig. 28), sternite IX (Fig. 29), aedeagus (Figs 25–27).</p> <p>Female. Protarsomeres 1–3 moderately dilated, very slightly sub-bilobed, each covered with modified pale setae ventrally, protarsomere 4 scarcely dilated, distinctly narrower than preceding ones.</p> <p>Differential diagnosis. Philonthus meges is very similar in habitus to P. galago sp. nov., from which it may be distinguished by longer eyes and antennae and narrower elytra; it differs from P. arrowianus by wider head and shorter eyes and from both latter species by a different shape of the aedeagus.</p> <p>Distribution. Ethiopia.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE6487EEB031FFC5FE166B25A21F153E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Hromádka, Lubomír	Hromádka, Lubomír (2010): A revision of the Afrotropical species of the Philonthus arrowianus species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1): 131-144, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5325118
BE6487EEB03FFFC0FE016A25A7571159.text	BE6487EEB03FFFC0FE016A25A7571159.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Philonthus trilobatus Tottenham 1949	<div><p>Philonthus trilobatus Tottenham, 1949</p> <p>(Figs. 30–32)</p> <p>Philonthus trilobatus Tottenham, 1949: 335.</p> <p>Type locality. Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lubero. Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: J, ‛ Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lubero, 24.-28.viii.1932, L. Burgeon, Musée du Congo, // Philonthus trilobatus Tottenham, TYPE [yellow square label, handwritten]’ (BMNH).</p> <p>Redescription. Body length 12.1 mm, length of fore body (to end of elytra) 5.2 mm.</p> <p>Colouration. Entirely black, abdomen with slightly bluish iridescence, base of antennomere 2 red.</p> <p>Head almost quadrate, wider than long (ratio 32.5: 30), sides behind eyes parallel-sided, posterior angles obtusely rounded, each bearing one long black bristle. Distance between medial and lateral punctures four times distance between medial and lateral puncture. Medial punctures slightly shifted anteriad. Eyes vaguely shorter than temples (ratio 11.0: 13.0). Posterior margin of each eye with three coarse punctures. Temporal area with several coarse punctures. Surface without microsculpture.</p> <p>Antennae slender and long, all antennomeres longer than wide, reaching posterior margin of pronotum when reclined. Relative lengths of antennomeres: 1 = 9; 2–3 = 7; 4–7 = 5; 8–9 = 4.5; 10 = 4; 11 = 7.</p> <p>Pronotum slightly wider than long (ratio 48: 45), parallel-sided. Anterior angle conspicuously deflexed, vaguely obtusely rounded, with several variably long bristles; posterior angles markedly rounded. Sides bearing bristles of variable length. Each dorsal row with five coarse punctures, punctures 1-4 equidistant, distance between punctures 4-5 slightly larger; each sublateral row with two coarse punctures, puncture 2 slightly shifted laterad. Surface without microsculpture.</p> <p>Scutellum moderately densely punctate except at base and margins, setation dark.</p> <p>Elytra combined wider than long (ratio 48: 45), indistinctly widened posteriad, moderately strongly and sparsely punctated, punctures distinctly larger than eye facets, separated by 1.5–2 puncture diameters in transverse direction. Surface without microsculpture; setation dark.</p> <p>Legs. Metatibia slightly longer than metatarsus (ratio 30: 29), relative lengths of metatarsomeres: 1 = 9; 2 = 5; 3 = 4; 4 = 3.5; 5 = 8.</p> <p>Abdomen wide, indistinctly narrowed posteriad. First three visible tergites with two basal lines, elevated area between lines with scattered punctures. Punctation at base of all tergites finer and denser than that on elytra, becoming sparser and finer towards posterior margin of each tergite. Surface without microsculpture; setation similar to that on elytra.</p> <p>Male. Protarsomeres 1–3 strongly dilated and sub-bilobed, each covered with modified pale setae ventrally, protarsomere 4 distinctly narrower than preceding ones. Aedeagus (Figs. 30–32).</p> <p>Female. Unknown.</p> <p>Fig. 33. Distribution of the species of the Philonthus arrowianus species group. ● – P. arrowianus Bernhauer, 1931; ♣ – P. chappuisi Bernhauer, 1939; ♥ – P. currax sp. nov.; ▼ – P. galago sp. nov.; * – P. meges Tottenham, 1949; ◊ – P. trilobatus Tottenham, 1949.</p> <p>Differential diagnosis. Philonthus trilobatus may be distinguished from the similar P. chappuisi by a narrower head, darker legs and different shape of the aedeagus. Distribution. Democratic Republic of the Congo, known only from the type locality.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE6487EEB03FFFC0FE016A25A7571159	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Hromádka, Lubomír	Hromádka, Lubomír (2010): A revision of the Afrotropical species of the Philonthus arrowianus species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1): 131-144, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5325118
