Five new Philonthus species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina) from the Afrotropical Region.

Lubomír Hromádka

Pages	671-682
Citation	HROMÁDKA, Lubomír. Five new Philonthus species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina) from the Afrotropical Region. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Prague: National Museum, 2009, 49(2), 671-682. ISSN 0374-1036 (print) 1804-6487 (online). Also available from: https://www.nm.cz/en/periodicals/aemnp/49-2/five-new-philonthus-species-coleoptera-staphylinidae-philonthina-from-the-afrotropical-region

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671-682

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HROMÁDKA, Lubomír. Five new Philonthus species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina) from the Afrotropical Region. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Prague: National Museum, 2009, 49(2), 671-682. ISSN 0374-1036 (print) 1804-6487 (online). Also available from: https://www.nm.cz/en/periodicals/aemnp/49-2/five-new-philonthus-species-coleoptera-staphylinidae-philonthina-from-the-afrotropical-region

Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae | 2009/49/2

Five new species of the genus Philonthus Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) are described: Philonthus jelineki sp. nov. (Republic of South Africa), Philonthus jelinekianus sp. nov. (Nigeria), Philonthus loxodonta sp. nov. (Republic of South Africa), Philonthus phacochoerus sp. nov. (Liberia) and Philonthus tragelaphus sp. nov. (Republic of South Africa). All species are described, illustrated and compared with related species.