4.3. Key to species of Silpha from the Afrotropical Region 1. Surface of elytra yellow to brown; pronotum black, lateral area brown (Figs. 5A, D)............................................................................................ S. chelinda Sommer, Růžička & Barclay, sp. nov. – Surface of elytra and pronotum black or dark brown (Figs. 2A, D, 3A, D, 4A, D–E, 6A–B)........................... 2 2. Surface of pronotum shiny, with dense, coarse punctation; punctures medium sized, not separated (Figs. 6A–B, E)...................................................................................... S. francoisi Dierkens, 2020 – Surface of pronotum dull, punctures small, clearly separated (Figs. 2A, D, 3A, D, 4A, D–E).......................... 3 3. Surface of pronotum with dense punctation; punctures bearing extremely short, orange setae (Figs. 2A, D, 3A, D)...................................................................................... S. capicola Péringuey, 1888 – Surface of pronotum with fine punctation; punctures without setae (Figs. 4A, D–E)................ S. lata Portevin, 1920

Published as part of Sommer, David, Růžička, Jan & Barclay, Maxwell V. L., 2025, Uncovering diversity of carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Silphinae) across the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot, pp. 451-493 in Zootaxa 5706 (4) on page 486, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5706.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/17881992