Philonthus lamtoensis shamnesis Hromádka, 2005

Hromádka, Lubomír, 2008, Revision of Afrotropical species of the Philonthus peripateticus species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1), pp. 51-65 : 59

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).