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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10.
Philonthus dohertyi
Cameron, 1932
(
Figure 10
)
1932.
Philonthus dohertyi
Cameron,
Fauna
of
British India
, incl.
Ceylon
&
Burma
, (
Coleoptera
:
Staphylinidae
),
3
: 102-103.
Material examined
:
1 ex,
India
:
Uttarakhand
,
Nainital
,
Lalkua
,
2.iv.2001
,
S.K. Chakraborty
, ex. ‘Horse dung’; 1 ex, Chamoli, Garurgaon,?.
ii.2002
,
P. Mukhopadhya
, ex. ‘Leaf litter’; 1 ex, Dehradun,
Rajaji National Park
,
26.x.2000
,
P. Mukhopadhya
, ex. ‘
Cowdung’
.
Diagnosis
: Head pitchy- black, thorax dark brown, with dorsal row of five punctures, both with slight metallic reflex; elytra with coppery and violaceous reflex. Abdomen pitchy black, the posterior margin of the segments distinctly reddish. Antennae ferruginous red, the 2
nd
and 3
rd
joints blackish. Legs reddish –yellow, the tibiae infuscate. Length
7.5 mm
.
Distribution
:
India
:
Uttarakhand
: (Nainital: Lalkua, Chamoli: Garurgaon, Dehradun: Rajaji National Park).
Elsewhere
:
Myanmar
.