On the genus Philonthus Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) from Uttarakhand, India Author Sar, Abha text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2020 120 4 471 478 journal article 10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/140908 2581-8686 13186561 21. Philonthus quediiformis Cameron 1932 ( Figure 20 ) 1932. Philonthus quediiformis Cameron, Fauna of British India , incl. Ceylon & Burma , ( Coleoptera : Staphylinidae ), 3 : 76. Material examined : 9 ex, India : Uttarakhand , Tanakpur, 24.ii.1990 , S. Biswas & K. V . Surya Rao, ex. ‘Cowdung’ . Diagnosis : Thorax with dorsal row of two punctures, the first of them placed considerably behind the anterior margin, the marginal puncture absent; elytra with a row of four large punctures, the shoulders, suture, and apical margin reddish-testaceous. Antennae stout, the 1 st jointand the legs reddish-testaceous. Length 5.5 mm . Distribution: India : Uttarakhand : (Tanakpur); Tamil Nadu (Nilgiri Hills).