taxonID	type	description	language	source
039B8787682BFF93BEDD0170FC3FFA93.taxon	description	(Figs 1, 4, 7)	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
039B8787682BFF93BEDD0170FC3FFA93.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype: (TOGO): ♂, three labels: “ TOGO PALIME / Forêt de Klouto / 20 - 24 - IV- 74 S. Vit ” [white, printed], “ Coll. S. Vit / MHNG - 2021 ” [white, printed], “ POMPHOPSILLA / spinosa m. / P. Jałoszyński, ' 24 / HOLOTYPUS ” [red, printed] (MHNG). Paratype: ♂, same data as for holotype except that “ Klouto ” is crossed out and replaced with handwritten “ Kpimé ”, and with yellow “ PARATYPUS ” label (MHNG).	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
039B8787682BFF93BEDD0170FC3FFA93.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Body (Fig. 1) light brown; pronotum and elytra with inconspicuously fine punctures; pronotum with two pairs of antebasal pits, of which inner pair is conspicuously large and subtriangular, anteriorly slightly exceeding 1 / 3 of pronotal length, outer pits nearly punctiform; aedeagus in ventral view (Fig. 4) with narrowly subtriangular apex and endophallus with lateral groups of strongly elongate pointed sclerites and median tubular structure.	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
039B8787682BFF93BEDD0170FC3FFA93.taxon	description	Description. Body of male (Fig. 1) strongly elongate, weakly convex, light brown. BL 0.60 – 0.63 mm. Head broadest at large, strongly convex and coarsely faceted eyes, HL 0.08 mm, HW 0.15 mm; vertex strongly transverse, weakly convex, anteriorly confluent with subtriangular and similarly weakly convex frons; supraantennal tubercles small but distinct; punctures on frons and vertex fine and inconspicuous; setae very short and sparse, recumbent; frontal glands present, each situated behind supraantennal tubercle and near mesal margin of eye. Antenna moderately long, with abruptly broadened club composed of two antennomeres, AnL 0.26 – 0.28 mm, antennomeres 1 and 2 each elongate, 3 indistinctly transverse, 4 – 7 each about as long as broad, 8 indistinctly transverse, 9 and 10 each about as long as broad, 11 slightly broader and much longer than 10, indistinctly elongate. Pronotum subrectangular with broadly rounded anterior corners, broadest near anterior fourth; PL 0.18 mm, PW 0.20 mm. Anterior margin nearly straight; anterior corners in strictly dorsal view not visible; lateral margins rounded in anterior third and weakly sinuate in posterior half, indistinctly microserrate; posterior corners obtuse-angled; posterior margin with narrow and rounded emargination in front of mesoscutellum, sides of posterior margin barely noticeably concave; pronotal base with two pairs of pits: inner pair conspicuously large, subtriangular and deep, slightly longer than third of pronotal length and narrowly separated at middle, outer pair much smaller, nearly punctiform, circular. Punctures on pronotal disc inconspicuously fine; setae short, moderately dense, recumbent. Elytra oval, broadest slightly anterior to middle; EL 0.35 – 0.38 mm, EW 0.26 – 0.28 mm, EI 1.33 – 1.36; humeral calli small but distinctly elevated, slightly elongate. Punctures and setae similar as those on pronotum. Hind wings well developed. Legs moderately long and slender, unmodified. Aedeagus (Fig. 4) stout, AeL 0.11 mm; median lobe in ventral view subtriangular, with narrowly subtriangular apex; endophallus with lateral groups of strongly elongate pointed sclerites diverging distally and with median tubular structure; parameres slender, their apices not reaching apex of aedeagus, each with one long apical seta. Female. Unknown.	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
039B8787682BFF93BEDD0170FC3FFA93.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Southern Togo (Fig. 7).	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
039B8787682BFF93BEDD0170FC3FFA93.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific adjective spinosa refers to the long and pointed endophallic sclerites.	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
039B8787682BFF93BEDD0170FC3FFA93.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species is unique in unusually large and subtriangular inner antebasal pronotal pits and this character alone is sufficient to distinguish P. spinosa from all congeners.	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
039B87876828FF92BEDD0775FDB6FC1F.taxon	description	(Figs 2, 5, 7)	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
039B87876828FF92BEDD0775FDB6FC1F.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype: (TOGO): ♂, three labels: “ TOGO PALIME / Forêt de Klouto / 20 - 24 - IV- 74 S. Vit ” [white, printed], “ Coll. S. Vit / MHNG - 2021 ” [white, printed], “ POMPHOPSILLA / bifurcata m. / P. Jałoszyński, ' 24 / HOLOTYPUS ” [red, printed] (MHNG). Paratypes (2 exx): 2 ♂♂, same data as for holotype except that “ Klouto ” is crossed out and replaced with handwritten “ Kpimé ”; paratypes with yellow “ PARATYPUS ” labels (cPJ, MHNG).	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
039B87876828FF92BEDD0775FDB6FC1F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Body (Fig. 2) light brown; pronotum and elytra with inconspicuously fine punctures; pronotum with five antebasal pits: two pairs of circular and small lateral pits and slightly transverse median pit; aedeagus in ventral view (Fig. 5) with deeply bifurcate apex forming lateral lobes and with weakly sclerotized and simple endophallus.	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
039B87876828FF92BEDD0775FDB6FC1F.taxon	description	Description. Body of male (Fig. 2) strongly elongate, weakly convex, light brown. BL 0.68 – 0.73 mm. Head broadest at large, strongly convex and coarsely faceted eyes, HL 0.08 mm, HW 0.16 – 0.18 mm; vertex strongly transverse, weakly convex, anteriorly confluent with subtriangular and similarly weakly convex frons; supraantennal tubercles small but distinct; punctures on frons and vertex fine and inconspicuous; setae very short and sparse, recumbent; frontal glands present, each situated behind supraantennal tubercle and near mesal margin of eye. Antenna moderately long, with abruptly broadened club composed of two antennomeres, AnL 0.29 – 0.33 mm, antennomeres 1 and 2 each elongate, 3 indistinctly transverse, 4 as long as broad, 5 – 9 each indistinctly elongate, 10 indistinctly transverse, 11 slightly broader and slightly longer than 10, about as long as broad. Pronotum subrectangular with broadly rounded anterior corners, broadest near anterior fourth; PL 0.23 mm, PW 0.25 mm. Anterior margin nearly straight; anterior corners in strictly dorsal view not visible; lateral margins rounded in anterior third and nearly straight in posterior half, indistinctly microserrate; posterior corners obtuse-angled; posterior margin with narrow and rounded emargination in front of mesoscutellum, sides of posterior margin barely noticeably concave; pronotal base with five pits: inner and outer lateral pairs of circular and similarly small pits, and with slightly transverse distinct median pit. Punctures on pronotal disc inconspicuously fine; setae short, moderately dense, recumbent. Elytra oval, broadest slightly anterior to middle; EL 0.38 – 0.43 mm, EW 0.28 – 0.30 mm, EI 1.33 – 1.42; humeral calli small but distinctly elevated, slightly elongate. Punctures and setae similar as those on pronotum. Hind wings well developed. Legs moderately long and slender, unmodified. Aedeagus (Fig. 5) stout, AeL 0.10 mm; median lobe in ventral view drop-shaped with deeply bifurcate apex forming a fishtail-like structure; endophallus weakly sclerotized, with median tubular structure; parameres slender, their apices not reaching apex of aedeagus, each with one long apical seta. Female. Unknown.	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
039B87876828FF92BEDD0775FDB6FC1F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Southern Togo (Fig. 7).	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
039B87876828FF92BEDD0775FDB6FC1F.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific adjective bifurcata refers to the unusually shaped apex of the aedeagus.	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
039B87876828FF92BEDD0775FDB6FC1F.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species is externally unremarkable, but the bifurcate aedeagal apex is a unique feature and allows for unambiguous identification.	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
039B87876829FF94BEDD04F1FCC1FDFF.taxon	description	(Figs 3, 6, 7)	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
039B87876829FF94BEDD04F1FCC1FDFF.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype: (TOGO): ♂, three labels: “ TOGO KPALIME / Forêt de Klouto / 20 - 24 - IV- 74 S. Vit ” [white, printed, with handwritten “ K ” added before “ Palime ”], “ Coll. S. Vit / MHNG - 2021 ” [white, printed], “ POMPHOPSILLA / klotoensis m. / P. Jałoszyński, ' 24 / HOLOTYPUS ” [red, printed] (MHNG).	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
039B87876829FF94BEDD04F1FCC1FDFF.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Body (Fig. 3) dark brown, nearly black; pronotum and elytra with inconspicuously fine punctures; pronotum with two pairs of antebasal pits: inner pair circular, small and widely separated at middle, outer pair yet smaller, nearly punctiform; aedeagus in ventral view (Fig. 6) drop-shaped with abruptly delimited elongate subtriangular apex and central complex of elongate paired endophallic sclerites.	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
039B87876829FF94BEDD04F1FCC1FDFF.taxon	description	Description. Body of male (Fig. 3) stout, strongly convex, dark brown, nearly black. BL 0.75 mm. Head broadest at large, strongly convex and coarsely faceted eyes, HL 0.08 mm, HW 0.20 mm; vertex strongly transverse, weakly convex, anteriorly confluent with subtriangular and similarly weakly convex frons; supraantennal tubercles small but distinct; punctures on frons and vertex fine and inconspicuous; setae very short and sparse, recumbent; frontal glands present, each situated behind supraantennal tubercle and near mesal margin of eye. Antenna moderately long, with abruptly broadened club composed of two antennomeres, AnL 0.33 mm, antennomeres 1 and 2 each elongate, 3 – 6 each about as long as broad, 7 indistinctly elongate, 8 slightly transverse, 9 as long as broad, 10 indistinctly transverse, 11 slightly broader and distinctly longer than 10, weakly elongate. Pronotum subrectangular with broadly rounded anterior corners, broadest near anterior third; PL 0.25 mm, PW 0.30 mm. Anterior margin strongly rounded; anterior corners in strictly dorsal view not visible; lateral margins rounded in anterior third and nearly straight in posterior half, indistinctly microserrate; posterior corners obtuse-angled; posterior margin with narrow and rounded emargination in front of mesoscutellum, sides of posterior margin weakly concave; pronotal base with two pairs of antebasal pits: inner pair circular, small and widely separated at middle, outer pair yet smaller, nearly punctiform. Punctures on pronotal disc inconspicuously fine; setae short, moderately dense, recumbent. Elytra oval, broadest near middle; EL 0.43 mm, EW 0.35 mm, EI 1.21; humeral calli small but distinctly elevated, slightly elongate. Punctures and setae similar as those on pronotum. Hind wings well developed. Legs moderately long and slender, unmodified. Aedeagus (Fig. 6) stout, AeL 0.15 mm; median lobe in ventral view drop-shaped with abruptly delimited elongate subtriangular apex and central complex of elongate paired endophallic sclerites; parameres slender, their apices not reaching apex of aedeagus, each with two short apical setae. Female. Unknown.	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
039B87876829FF94BEDD04F1FCC1FDFF.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Southern Togo (Fig. 7).	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
039B87876829FF94BEDD04F1FCC1FDFF.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific adjective klotoensis refers to Kloto Prefecture in the Plateaux Region of Togo.	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
039B87876829FF94BEDD04F1FCC1FDFF.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Despite the unusually dark brown pigmentation, P. klotoensis is externally rather unremarkable, but the drop-shaped aedeagus with abruptly narrowed subtriangular apex and unique shapes and arrangement of endophallic structures allow for unambiguous identification.	en	Jałoszyński, Paweł (2024): Three new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Togo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 5471 (2): 287-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5471.2.8
