Philonthus arrowianus, Bernhauer, 1931

Hromádka, Lubomír, 2010, A revision of the Afrotropical species of the Philonthus arrowianus species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1), pp. 131-144 : 132

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5325118
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scientific name	Philonthus arrowianus
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Philonthus arrowianus View in CoL species group

The newly defined Philonthus arrowianus species group is characterized especially by an unusual shape of the aedeagus: the median lobe terminates in a very large, sharply pointed hook in lateral view, and the paramere is deeply divergent apically with each lobe furnished with a moderate number of sensory peg setae. The species of the group are medium sized with body lengths of 10.7–13.8 mm.

The following species are included in the group:

Philonthus arrowianus Bernhauer, 1931 View in CoL Ethiopia

Philonthus chappuisi Bernhauer, 1939 View in CoL Kenya

Philonthus currax sp. nov. Gabon

Philonthus galago sp. nov. Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Republic of South

Africa

Philonthus meges Tottenham, 1949 View in CoL Ethiopia

Philonthus trilobatus Tottenham, 1949 View in CoL Democratic Republic of the Congo

Philonthus currax View in CoL sp. nov. is slightly abberant in comparison to other species of the group.

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