Aphiliops Reitter, 1884

Hlavá, Peter & Nakládal, Oto, 2014, Contribution to the knowledge of Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Kazakhstan, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54 (2), pp. 529-537 : 533-534

Aphiliops Reitter, 1884

Philus Saulcy, 1874: 40 (preoccupied name), not Saunders, 1853 ( Cerambycidae ). Aphiliops Reitter, 1884: 208 . Type species: Philus aubei Reitter, 1881 , designated by REITTER (1881). Aphiliops: BESUCHET (1956) :367 (redescription of the genus and redescription of A. aubei (Reitter)) ; OROUSSET (1988):

371 (redescription of A. aubei (Reitter) , biology); POGGI (1992): 141 (revision, description of two new species).

The modern redescription of the genus was provided by BESUCHET (1956). Later, the type species was redescribed by OROUSSET (1988) and the genus was revised by POGGI (1992) who also added two new species. Thus, the genus contains three species ( LÖBL & BESUCHET

2004). Because of the insertion of the new species described here, the diagnosis of the genus provided by BESUCHET (1956) must be slightly modi¿ed and the genus is characterized by the following: 1) head wider than long, tetragonal, with two well-de¿ned foveae between eyes; 2) at least anterior part of the ventral side of head with long setae; 3) antennal club formed by terminal, symmetrical antennomere only; 4) pronotum longer than wide; 5) pronotum with antebasal sulcus, with or without short longitudinal groove and with two lateral foveae, these can be rudimentary; 6) elytra with two basal foveae, sutural stria entire, discal stria reaching half of elytral length; 7) ¿rst visible tergite (IV) longer than second and third (V–VI) visible tergites combined; 8) ¿rst visible tergite (IV) with short carinae or carinae absent; 9) metacoxal cavities slightly separated; 10) fore femora clearly swollen. Four genera of Palaearctic subtribe Trimiina can be separated using the following key: