On the genus Philonthus Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) from Uttarakhand, India
Author
Sar, Abha
text
Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2020
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journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/140908
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22.
Philonthus rotundicollis
(Ménétriés, 1832)
(
Figure 21
)
1832.
Staphylinus rotundicollis
Ménétriés,
Cat.
rais
.: 145.
1932.
Philonthus rotundicollis
: Cameron,
Fauna of
British India
,
incl.
Ceylon
&
Burma
, (
Coleoptera
:
Staphylinidae
),
3
: 84.
Material examined
:
2 ex,
India
:
Uttarakhand
,
Almora
,
Sukhidong
,
26.ii.1990
,
S. Biswas
& K.
V
.
Surya Rao
; 2 ex,
Dehradun
,
Rajaji National Park
,
26.x.2000
,
P. Mukhopadhyay
, ex. ‘
Cow
dung’; 03 ex,
Rudraprayag
,
Agustamuni
,
7.x.2004
,
P. Mukhopadhyay
, ex. ‘
Garbage’
;
Kuthnor
, 1ex,
10.xi.2003
,
S.K. Chakraborty
; 1 ex,
Bageswar
,
Baijnath
,
24.iii.2001
,
S.K. Chakraborty
, ex. ‘
Cow
dung’
.
Diagnosis
: Head and thorax very finely rather closely punctured all over, bronze black, with slight greenish reflex on the fore parts. The thorax with dorsal row of four to six punctures. Antennae black. Legs brownish or blackish, the tersi lighter. Length
8-11 mm
.
Distribution
:
India
:
Uttarakhand
(Almora: Sukhidong, Dehradun: Rajaji National Park; Rudraprayag: Agustamuni, Kuthnor, Bageswar: Baijnath).
Elsewhere
: Pamirs. Widely distributed in the Palaearetic region.