Philonthus excelsus Cameron, 1932

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

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scientific name

Philonthus excelsus Cameron, 1932
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12. Philonthus excelsus Cameron, 1932 View in CoL ( Figure 11)

1932. Philonthus excelsus Cameron, Fauna of British India, incl.

Ceylon & Burma, ( Coleoptera : Staphylinidae ), 3: 147.

Material examined:1 ex, India: Uttarakhand,Rudraprayag,

alt. 800m, 6.ii.2002, P. Mukhopadhyay, ex. ‘Under Stone by the side of Alakananda river’.

Diagnosis: Black. The elytra brilliant metallic-green; thorax with dorsal row of six punctures. Antennae with the first two joints reddish yellow, the following reddish-brown. Legs yellow, tibiaeinfuscate. Length 5.5 mm.

Distribution: India: Uttarakhand (Rudraprayag, Chakrata dist. and Shimla hills). Elsewhere: Papua New Guinea, Peru.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Philonthus

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