Thyreocephalus ferox

Janák, Jiří & Bordoni, Arnaldo, 2015, Revision of the genus Thyreocephalus and description of Afrus gen. nov. of Africa south of the Sahara (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Zootaxa 4038 (1), pp. 1-94 : 51

T. ferox group

Moderately large species (about 15 mm), body black ( Fig. 126 ). Head with interior ocular puncture situated far from inner margin of eye ( Fig. 127 , 130 ), ocular groove between interior ocular puncture and inner border of eye absent, temples with two or three setiferous postocular punctures ( Fig. 130 ), labrum rounded ( Fig. 131 ).

Figures

FIGURES 124 – 129. 124, 125, Thyreocephalus michaeli Janák; 126, 127, T. ferox (Harold); 128, 129, T. raptor Tottenham; 124, 126, 128, habitus; 125, 127, 129, head. Scale 1 mm.

FIGURES 130 – 134. Thyreocephalus ferox (Harold); 130, head and pronotum; 131, labrum; 132, male tergite 10; 133, male sternite 9; 134, aedeagus.