Philonthus discoideus ( Gravenhorst, 1802 )

Maus, Mariana Chani-Posse De, 2009, Revision of some types of Philonthus Stephens and Gabrius Stephens from southern South America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with nomenclatural notes, Zootaxa 2034, pp. 31-42 : 39

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scientific name

Philonthus discoideus ( Gravenhorst, 1802 )
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Philonthus discoideus ( Gravenhorst, 1802) View in CoL

(Figs. 230–237 in Smetana 1995)

Type material. Lectotype of Philonthus discoideus , 3, with labels: “6116”, “ discoideus Gr. *”, “Zoo. Mus. Berlin”, “ Lectotype Staphylinus discoideus Gravenhorst A. Smetana des. 1991” ( ZMHB). Paralectotypes: 233, 4ƤƤ, with labels: “Zool. Mus. Berlin”, “Hist. –Coll. ( Coleoptera ) / Nr. 6116 / Philonthus discoideus Grvh / Germania / Zool. Mus. Berlin”, one Ƥ with additional label “ thor. seriebus dorsal. Altera 5- altera 4- punctata Austr. Sch. ” ( ZMHB).

Holotype of Philonthus emelinae , 3, with labels: “ Chile / Curicó”, “Romeral / 25-XII-1963 ”, “ HOLOTYPE ”, “ Philonthus emelinae Coiffait y Saiz” ( FSC).

Additional material. ARGENTINA: Tucumán: 3, Famaillá ( MACN); CHILE: Santiago: 3, El Arrayan, X.1979, L. E. Peña leg. ( FMNH). MEXICO: Veracruz: 3, Cordoba, Dr. A. Fenyes ( FMNH).

Diagnosis. See Smetana (1995: 184).

Comments. The types of P. discoideus and P.emelinae are similar in all external characters. After dissection and study of the male specimens from additional non-type material of P. discoideus , I was also able to confirm that P. emelinae and P. discoideus are identical in the shape of aedeagus. Therefore, these names are considered to be synonyms.

FSC

Fredericton Stock Culture Collection

MACN

Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

SubTribe

Philonthina

Genus

Philonthus

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