Thyreocephalus giganteus

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 : 42

T. giganteus group

Extremely large species (32–35 mm), body dark brown with reddish or reddish brown elytra ( Fig. 104 ). Head with interior ocular puncture situated far from inner margin of eye, ocular groove between interior ocular puncture and inner border of eye absent, temples without setiferous postocular punctures ( Fig. 105 , 109 ), labrum lobate ( Fig. 110 ).

Figures

FIGURES 102 – 107. 102, 103, Thyreocephalus meridioafricanus sp. nov.; 104, 105, T. giganteus Janák; 106, 107, T. magnus Janák; 102, 104, 106, habitus; 103, 105, 107, head. Scale 1 mm.

FIGURES 109 – 113. Thyreocephalus giganteus Janák; 109, head and pronotum; 110, labrum; 111, male tergite 10; 112, male sternite 9; 113, aedeagus.