Philonthus neonatus Smetana, 1965

Materials.

UNITED STATES: VA: Giles Co., Ripplemead, rte 460 at bridge, flood debris, berlese, 11 to 25-V-2008, A. Brunke (4).

Diagnosis.

Philonthus neonatus is separated from other northeastern Philonthus by the combination of: pronotum with six punctures in both dorsal rows; pronotum no more than vaguely narrowed anteriorly; elytra distinctly red and without dark markings; elytra with micropunctures between the regular punctures; abdominal segments paler apically.

This species was previously known from Arkansas, District of Columbia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ontario, Pennsylvania, and Québec (Smetana 1995). Herein we newly record it from Virginia (Map 33). Philonthus neonatus is a hygrophilous species collected from debris along the margins of creeks, rivers and lakes (Smetana 1995).