Thyreocephalus guineensis

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 : 66

T. guineensis group

Moderately large (17–19 mm), narrow species, body reddish brown, elytra unicolorous (Fig. 168) or with yellow spots (Fig. 166), abdomen reddish or reddish brown, at most with lighter tip. Head with interior ocular puncture situated far from inner margin of eye, ocular groove between interior ocular puncture and inner border of eye shallow, slightly oblique, temples with two (Figs. 169, 173), three or four (on one side) (Fig. 167) large setiferous postocular punctures, labrum lobate (Figs, 174, 179).