Philonthus zosterops

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Staphylininae
Tribus: Staphylinini
Subtribus: Philonthina
Genus: Philonthus
Species: Philonthus zosterops

Name

Philonthus zosterops Hromádka, 2011: 194

• Type locality: RHODESIE du Nord, Ntondwa.
• Holotype: NMPC ex coll. L. Hromádka, ♂, 28. VIII. 1939, H. J. Bréda.

Synonymy

• Philonthus zosterops Hromádka, 2013: 443 [preoccupied, see Philonthus acervulus]
• Philonthus mesophoyx Hromádka, 2016 [Philonthus zosterops Hromádka, 2011, supposedly a junior primary homonym of Philonthus zosterops Paulian, 1952, However, there is no such name in Paulian (1952); synonym in Mikátová, Macháčková & Hájek, 2020: 385]

Native distribution areas

Kenya (or Zambia?).

References

Primary references

• Hromádka, L., 2011. Revision of the Afrotropical species of the Philonthus circumcinctus species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina). Klapalekiana 47(3–4): 173-200. PDF Reference page.  [original description: p. 194, figs. 52–56]
• Mikátová, S., Macháčková, L. & Hájek, J. 2020. Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic (Catalogue of type specimens in NMPC, Part 17) Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Staphylinini: Philonthina. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60(1): 353–389. DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2020.021 Reference page.  [syn. nov., type data, comments: p. 385]