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

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161-190

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HROMÁDKA, Lubomír. Revision of the Afrotropical species of the Philonthus caffer species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. Prague: National Museum, 2009, 49(1), 161-190. ISSN 0374-1036 (print) 1804-6487 (online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/aemnp/49-1/revision-of-the-afrotropical-species-of-the-philonthus-caffer-species-group-coleoptera-staphylinidae-philonthina

Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae | 2009/49/1

The Philonthus caffer species group of the genus Philonthus Stephens, 1829 is revised. Sixteen species are recognized, three species are described as new: Philonthus aonyx sp. nov. (Ethiopia), Philonthus bucorvus sp. nov. (Malawi), and P. falco sp. nov. (Madagascar). The remaining 13 species are redescribed: P. aminius Tottenham, 1955, P. biguttulus Fauvel, 1907, P. caffer Boheman, 1848, P. cliens Eppelsheim, 1890, P. combustus Fauvel, 1907, P. gabonensis Levasseur, 1966, P. iridicollis Bernhauer, 1932, P. kenyanus Bernhauer, 1939, P. leptophilus Hromádka, 2006, P. limbipennis Fauvel, 1905, P. maridadus Tottenham, 1962, P. sequens Bernhauer & Schubert, 1914, and P. tomicus Tottenham, 1962. The lectotype of P. limbipennis Fauvel, 1905 is designated. An identification key to all species of the species group is provided, and male genitalia and significant morphological characters are illustrated.