Thyreocephalus coeruleipennis

Janák, Jiří & Bordoni, Arnaldo, 2015, Revision of the genus Thyreocephalus and description of Afrus gen. nov. of Africa south of the Sahara (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Zootaxa 4038 (1), pp. 1-94 : 54

T. coeruleipennis group

Large to very large species (13–22 mm), body black, elytra with bluish reflections, abdomen black at most with the tip reddish ( Fig. 128 ). Head very densely punctate ( Figs. 129 , 153 , 158 ), with interior ocular puncture situated far from inner margin of eye, ocular groove between interior ocular puncture and inner border of eye shallow, but in general distinct, transverse or slightly oblique, temples with two large setiferous postocular puncture, labrum slightly lobate ( Figs. 143 , 149 , 154 , 159 ).

Figures

FIGURES 124 – 129. 124, 125, Thyreocephalus michaeli Janák; 126, 127, T. ferox (Harold); 128, 129, T. raptor Tottenham; 124, 126, 128, habitus; 125, 127, 129, head. Scale 1 mm.

FIGURES 153 – 157. Thyreocephalus basilewskyi Cameron; 153, head and pronotum; 154, labrum; 155, male tergite 10; 156, male sternite 9; 157, aedeagus.

FIGURES 158 – 165. Thyreocephalus interocularis (Eppelsheim); 158, head and pronotum (iop—interior ocular puncture, pop—postocular punctures); 159, labrum; 160, male tergite 10; 161, male sternite 9; 162, aedeagus; 163, 164, median lobe (extreme shapes); 165, paramere (extreme shape).

FIGURES 142 – 146. Thyreocephalus subcorticalis sp. nov.; 142, head and pronotum; 143, labrum; 144, male tergite 10; 145, male sternite 9; 146, aedeagus.

FIGURES 148 – 152. Thyreocephalus raptor Tottenham; 148, head and pronotum; 149, labrum; 150, male tergite 10; 151, male sternite 9; 152, aedeagus.