Philonthus longicornis Stephens

Aballay, Fernando H., Chani-Posse, Mariana R., Ayón, María Rosana, Maldonado, María Belén & Centeno, Néstor D., 2014, An illustrated key to and diagnoses of the species of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) associated with decaying carcasses in Argentina, Zootaxa 3860 (2), pp. 101-124 : 119

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3860.2.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5688987

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scientific name

Philonthus longicornis Stephens
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Diagnosis (based on Chani-Posse, 2010). Philonthus longicornis may be identified by the eyes about as long as to slightly longer than temples, the antennal segment 2 shorter than preceding segment and antennal segments 4 to 10 elongate, the dorsal rows of pronotum each with five punctures and the paramere shifted toward right margin of median lobe. Length 6.5–7.0 mm.

Distribution. Philonthus longicornis is currently considered a cosmopolitan species widely distributed in Central and South America ( Herman 2001).

Bionomics. Philonthus longicornis has been frequently found in cattle manure in open pastures of North America ( Hu & Frank 1997) and Argentina ( Chani-Posse 2004), and also cited from other organic debris such as decaying plants, other animal droppings, carcasses, etc ( Smetana 1995). This species was also collected from pig carcasses in arid environment of Argentina ( Aballay et al. 2008, 2012).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Philonthus

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