Revision of Afrotropical species of the Philonthus peripateticus species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina) Author Hromádka, Lubomír text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2008 2008-08-15 48 1 51 65 journal article 7806 10.5281/zenodo.4503596 9a3c7406-d4a1-4480-af4b-413daed3c500 0374-1036 FF8F4870FFB95708A713FFC9743EFFF5 4503596 Philonthus lamtoensis shamnesis Hromádka, 2005 Philontus lamtoensis shamnesis Hromádka, 2005: 113 Type locality. South Sudan , Shamne. Type material examined. HOLOTYPE : ♁, ‘ Sudan mer. / Shamne / 15.x.1966 / Dr P. Štys lgt. [red oblong printed label]’ ( LHPC ) . PARATYPE : ♁, ‘ Sudan / Alel, 35km S of Yirol / 20.V.1954 / elephant dung / C.E. Tottenham collection B.M. 1974-587’ ( BMNH ). Differential diagnosis. Body length 11.3-12.1 mm , length of fore body (to the end of elytra) 5.8 mm . It may be distinguished from the nominotypical subspecies by its larger and more robust body, and by the black antennae and legs. Philonthus lamtoensis lamtoensis is slender with antennae and legs testaceous. Both subspecies share the same shape of the aedeagus. Philonthus lamtoensis shamnesis is habitually very similar to P . peripateticus , but it differs by the slender antennae, the wider head and by the shape of the aedeagus. Bionomics . Collected in elephant dung. Distribution . South Sudan ( HROMÁDKA 2005 ).