Philonthus dohertyi Cameron, 1932

Sar, Abha, 2020, On the genus Philonthus Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) from Uttarakhand, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (4), pp. 471-478 : 473

10. Philonthus dohertyi Cameron, 1932 ( Figure 10)

1932. Philonthus dohertyi Cameron, Fauna of British India, incl.

Ceylon & Burma, ( Coleoptera : Staphylinidae ), 3: 102-103.

Material examined: 1 ex, India: Uttarakhand, Nainital, Lalkua, 2.iv.2001, S.K. Chakraborty, ex. ‘Horse dung’; 1 ex, Chamoli, Garurgaon,?. ii.2002, P. Mukhopadhya, ex. ‘Leaf litter’; 1 ex, Dehradun, Rajaji National Park , 26.x.2000, P. Mukhopadhya, ex. ‘ Cowdung’ .

Diagnosis: Head pitchy- black, thorax dark brown, with dorsal row of five punctures, both with slight metallic reflex; elytra with coppery and violaceous reflex. Abdomen pitchy black, the posterior margin of the segments distinctly reddish. Antennae ferruginous red, the 2 nd and 3 rd joints blackish. Legs reddish –yellow, the tibiae infuscate. Length 7.5 mm.

Distribution: India: Uttarakhand: (Nainital: Lalkua, Chamoli: Garurgaon, Dehradun: Rajaji National Park). Elsewhere: Myanmar.