Uncovering diversity of carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Silphinae) across the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot Author Sommer, David Department of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, CZ- 165 00 Praha-Suchdol, Czechia Author Růžička, Jan Department of Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, CZ- 165 00 Praha-Suchdol, Czechia Author Barclay, Maxwell V. L. Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW 7 5 BD, United Kingdom text Zootaxa 2025 2025-10-14 5706 4 451 493 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5706.4.1 journal article 313533 10.11646/zootaxa.5706.4.1 28168ed6-eab4-4cfb-9548-425f340b9091 1175-5326 17881992 0600BD17-4293-441F-8370-7B78C34A8DB0

TABLE 3. Matrix of male and female characters and character states separating the Silpha species from the Afrotropical region. (*—only male, **—only female).

character	S. capicola Péringuey,	S. chelinda Sommer,	S. francoisi Dierkens,	S. lata Portevin, 1920
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	1888	Růžička & Barclay, sp. nov.	2020
head	dense, small (Figs. 2A,	fine, very small (Figs. 5A, D)	dense, coarse (Figs.	fine, very small (Figs.
punctation	D, 3A, D)		6A–B, E)	4A, D–E)
dorsal head	present (Figs. 2A, D,	absent (Figs. 5A, D)	present (Figs. 6A–B,	absent (Figs. 4A, D–E)
setation	3A, D)		E)
pronotal	sinuous, with	straight, no emargination	concave, no	slightly sinuous, no
anterior	emargination (Figs.	(Figs. 5A, D)	emargination (Figs.	emargination (Figs.
margin	2A, D, 3A, D)		6A–B, E)	4A, D–E)
pronotal	small, distinct, with	small, fine, no setae (Figs.	coarse, confluent, with	fine, distinct, no setae
punctation	setae (Figs. 2A, D,	5A, D)	setae (Figs. 6A–B, E)	(Figs. 4A, D–E)
	3A, D)
scutellum	short black setae (Figs.	none (Figs. 5A, D)	short black setae (Figs.	none (Figs. 4A, D–E)
setation	2A, D, 3A, D)		6A–B, E)