Philonthus fimetarius (Gravenhorst, 1802)

Sar, Abha, 2020, On the genus Philonthus Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) from Uttarakhand, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (4), pp. 471-478 : 473

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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/140908

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13187697

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scientific name

Philonthus fimetarius (Gravenhorst, 1802)
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13. Philonthus fimetarius (Gravenhorst, 1802) ( Figure 12)

1802. Staphylinius fimetarius Gravenhorst, Col. Mier. Brunav. : 210

1932. Philonthus fimetarius : Cameron, Fauna of British India, incl. Ceylon & Burma, ( Coleoptera : Staphylinidae ), 3: 92- 93.

Material examined: 1 ex, India: Uttarakhand, Dehradun, Mussoori , 19.xi.2003, S.K. Chakraborty .

Diagnosis: Black. The elytra with greenish metallic reflex, often brownish towards the suture.Thorax with dorsal row of four punctures. Abdomen the posterior margin of the segments sometimes narrowly reddish. Antennae black. Legs brownish-yellow, the tibiae sometimes infuscate. Length 5.5–6.5 mm.

Distribution: India: Uttarakhand: (Dehradun, Mussoori), Northern India. Elsewhere: Widely distributed in Europe. Ex. ‘in dung’.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Philonthus

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