Philonthus quediiformis 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 : 475

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21. Philonthus quediiformis Cameron 1932 View in CoL ( Figure 20)

1932. Philonthus quediiformis Cameron, Fauna of British India,

incl. Ceylon & Burma, ( Coleoptera : Staphylinidae ), 3: 76.

Material examined: 9 ex, India: Uttarakhand, Tanakpur,

24.ii.1990, S. Biswas & K. V. Surya Rao, ex. ‘Cowdung’ .

Diagnosis: Thorax with dorsal row of two punctures, the first of them placed considerably behind the anterior margin, the marginal puncture absent; elytra with a row of four large punctures, the shoulders, suture, and apical margin reddish-testaceous. Antennae stout, the 1 st jointand the legs reddish-testaceous. Length 5.5 mm.

Distribution: India: Uttarakhand: (Tanakpur); Tamil Nadu (Nilgiri Hills).