Philonthus castaneus Gemminger & Harold, 1868

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 : 472

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/140908
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scientific name	Philonthus castaneus Gemminger & Harold, 1868
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3. Philonthus castaneus Gemminger & Harold, 1868 View in CoL

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1868. Philonthus castaneus Gemminger & Harold, Cat. Col. , 2: 586.

Material examined: 1 ex, India: Uttarakhand, Tanakpur,

24.ii.1990, S. Biswas & K. V. Surya Rao, ex. ‘Cow dung’ .

Diagnosis: Head, terminal joints of antennae, and last segments of the abdomen blackish, thorax, elytra, and margin of the abdominal segments brownish or yellowish, legs testaceous. Thorax with dorsal row of four punctures, and laterally with four other. Length 5 mm.

Distribution: India: Uttarakhand (Tanakpur), Karnataka, Kerala (Silent Valley), WB (Gosaba).