Philonthus consputus, Baudi, 1848: 127

Taphylininae, Iochini, Aorothiini, Thiini, Latyprosopini, Taphylinini, Mblyopinina, Nisolinina, Yptiomina, Hilonthina & Herman, Lee H., 2001, Staphylininae: Diochini, Maorothiini, Othiini, Platyprosopini, Staphylinini (Amblyopinina, Anisolinina, Hyptiomina, Philonthina), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2441 (265), pp. 2435-3021 : 2828-2838

consputus Baudi, 1848: 127 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: valle Augustana).

— Kraatz, 1857b: 176 ( Philonthus ; synonym of frigidus ).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 574 ( Philonthus ).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 1060 ( Philonthus ; synonym of frigidus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 448 ( Philonthus ; synonym of frigidus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 339 ( Philonthus ; synonym of frigidus ).

— Smetana, 1958: 186 ( Philonthus ; synonym of frigidus ).

— Coiffait, 1974: 253 ( Philonthus ; synonym of frigidus ).

balkanicus R. Dvořák and Havelka, 1952: 41 ( Philonthus ; variety of albipes ; Type locality: Yougoslavie: Serbia: Kozuf Planina).

— R. Dvořák, 1954a: 9 ( Philonthus ; subspecies of frigidus ; [Note: Cited as a new subspecies but also stated to be the same as the 1954 use by Dvořák and Havelka]; Balkan region).

— Smetana, 1955b: 223 ( Philonthus ; variety of frigidus ; characters).

vitochensis Coiffait, 1974: 143 , 253, 254 ( Philonthus ; subspecies of frigidus ; Type locality: Bulgarie: Aleko, Mont Vitocha près de Sofia vers 2000 m. Also cited from Greece).

svanetiensis Coiffait, 1974: 143 , 253, 254 ( Philonthus ; subspecies of frigidus ; Type locality: Caucase: Mestia Massif Svanetia, vers 2400 m).

frontalis Nordmann, 1837 , see: Quedius .

frontalis Schubert, 1908 , see: obsoletus Eppelsheim, 1895 .

fuentei Roubal, 1909 , see: Bisnius .

fugax Faldermann, 1835: 125 ( Staphylinus ; Type locality: [area] Persico-Armeniaca).

— Hochhuth, 1849: 134 ( Philonthus ; characters; Caucasus).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 339 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1343 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 392 ( Philonthus ; characters; Transcaucasian).

— Coiffait, 1974: 277 ( Philonthus ; characters; Caucasus; Transcaucasus).

— Schillhammer, 2000: 159 ( Philonthus ; species incertae sedis).

- DISTRIBUTION: Caucasus.

fulcinius Smetana, 1995e: 85 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Washington: Olympic Nat. Pk.,

Hoh Ranger Stn. 600 ft. Also cited from British Columbia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

fulgipennis Sharp, 1885: 410 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Panama: Chiriqui; Volcan de Chiriqui below 4000 feet; Boquete 3500 feet).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 339 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Panama.

fulvipes Fabricius, 1793 , see: rubripennis Stephens, 1832 .

fulvipes Stephens, 1833 , see: ventralis Gravenhorst, 1802 .

fulvitarsis Motschulsky, 1860a: 80 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: montagnes Noura-Ellia

à Ceylan).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 339 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Sri Lanka.

fumarius Gravenhorst, 1806: 67 ( Staphylinus ; Type locality: Brunsvigae).

— Nordmann, 1837: 100 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

— Erichson, 1839a: 472 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

— Heer, 1839: 270 ( Philonthus ; characters; Switzerland).

— Erichson, 1840: 482 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

— Kiesenwetter, 1848a: 20 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

— Jacobsen, 1849: 702 ( Philonthus ; characters; Denmark).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 706 ( Philonthus ; characters; Austria).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 527 ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 610 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 196 ( Philonthus ; characters; Austria).

— Thomson, 1867a: 42 ( Philonthus ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Fauvel, 1874: 257 [= 1874a: 483] ( Philonthus ; characters; France; Austria).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 214 ( Philonthus ; characters; Austria).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1876: 498 [= 1877: 354] ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— Fowler, 1888: 277 ( Philonthus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 456 ( Philonthus ; characters; north and middle Europe).

— Reitter, 1909: 130 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 339 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 411 ( Philonthus ; characters; Denmark).

— Portevin, 1929: 364 ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1343 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Wüsthoff, 1934: 61 ( Philonthus ; illustration of aedeagus).

— V. Hansen, 1952: 75 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; Denmark).

— Jarrige, 1951a: 7 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Smetana, 1958: 218 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; ecology; Czechoslovakia). — Smetana, 1959: 168 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Palm, 1963b: 92 ( Philonthus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Lohse, 1964: 185 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; central Europe).

— Horion, 1965: 171 ( Philonthus ; Ireland Britain; Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Holland; Belgium; France; Switzerland; Italy; Hercegovina; Serbia; Turkey; Romania; Hungary; Czechoslovakia; Poland; Ukraine; Germany; Austria).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 429 ( Philonthus ; characters; Europe).

— Raianu, 1968a: 468 ( Philonthus ; Romania).

— Coiffait, 1974: 271 ( Philonthus ; characters; Europe; Britain; Scandinavia).

— Pope, 1977: 29 ( Philonthus ; Britain).

— Hinton, 1981: 660 ( Philonthus ; characters of egg).

— Frank, 1982: 41 ( Philonthus ; list of parasites).

— Tóth, 1984: 75 ( Philonthus ; characters; Hungary).

— Lucht, 1987: 104 ( Philonthus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; France; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden).

— Pilon and Zanetti, 1991: 64 ( Philonthus ; Italy).

— Smetana, 1993b: 48 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; Czech Republic; Slovakia).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 28 ( Philonthus ; Italy).

— Owen, 1997a: 149 ( Philonthus ; collecting sites; Ireland).

— Kashcheev, 1999a: 58 ( Philonthus ; Kazakhstan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Kazakhstan.

fumigatus Erichson, 1839 , see: rufipes Stephens, 1832 .

fumosus Solsky, 1868 , see: longicornis Stephens, 1832 .

funebris Last, 1981 [Note: Nomen nudum], see: specialis Cameron, 1937 .

funebris Last, 1987 [Note: Nomen nudum], see: specialis Cameron, 1937 .

funeralis Cameron, 1943: 130 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Darjeeling: Ghum district:

Tiger Hill, altitude 8500–10,000 feet).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

furcifer Renkonen, 1937: 73 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Finnland: Lohja ; Tvärminne ; Kauniainen ; Tuusula ; Pudasjärvi ; Kuolajärvi ; Muonio; Lapponia).

— Wüsthoff, 1937a: 347 ( Philonthus ; illustration of aedeagus).

— Tottenham, 1939a: 201 ( Philonthus ; characters; Britain).

— V. Hansen, 1952: 77 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; Denmark).

— Lohse, 1956: 90 ( Philonthus ; characters; notes).

— Smetana, 1958: 219 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; ecology; Czechoslovakia). — Smetana, 1959: 168 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Coiffait, 1963: 12 ( Paragabrius ).

— Palm, 1963b: 94 ( Philonthus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Lohse, 1964: 185 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; central Europe).

— Horion, 1965: 168 ( Philonthus ; Russia; Finland; Sweden; Norway; Britain; Denmark; France; Germany; Austria; Switzerland; Romania).

— Coiffait, 1974: 93 ( Paragabrius ; characters; Finland; Scandinavia; Britain; Ireland; France).

— Pope, 1977: 29 ( Philonthus ; Britain).

— Tóth, 1984: 76 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Lucht, 1987: 106 ( Philonthus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Austria; Denmark; Sweden).

— Smetana, 1993b: 48 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Paragabrius ; Czech Republic?).

— Hodge and Jones, 1995: 39 ( Philonthus ; characters; Britain).

— Owen, 1996: 64 ( Philonthus ; characters; Ireland).

— Owen, 1997a: 149 ( Philonthus ; collecting sites; Ireland).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

furtivus Cameron, 1932 , see: Gabrius .

furvus Nordmann, 1837: 88 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Mexico).

— Erichson, 1840: 434 ( Philonthus ; characters; Mexico).

— Solsky, 1868a: 127 ( Philonthus ; characters; Mexico).

— Horn, 1884: 181 ( Philonthus ; characters; Newfoundland to Vancouver south to Arizona and Mexico; California).

— Sharp, 1885: 398 ( Philonthus ; characters; notes; Mexico; Guatemala; Costa Rica).

— Fall and Cockerell, 1907: 166 ( Philonthus ; New Mexico).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 339 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Hatch, 1957: 195 ( Philonthus ; characters; British Columbia; Washington; Oregon; Idaho).

— Smetana, 1965: 13 ( Philonthus ; characters; Miquelon; Labrador; Nova Scotia; Newfoundland). — Smetana, 1965a: 3 ( Philonthus ; British Columbia).

— Frank, 1982: 41 ( Philonthus ; list of parasites).

— Smetana, 1991a: 229 ( Philonthus ; characters; Mexico).

— Smetana, 1995e: 90 ( Philonthus ; characters; Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba;

New Brunswick; Newfoundland; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Ontario; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Yukon Territory; Arizona; California; Colorado; Maine; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Mexico; New York; Ohio; Oregon; Utah; Washington; Wisconsin; Wyoming; Mexico).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 377 ( Philonthus ; characters; USA).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA, Mexico.

californicus Mannerheim, 1843b: 230 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: California).

— Horn, 1884: 182 ( Philonthus ; variety of furvus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 339 ( Philonthus ; synonym of furvus ).

— Hatch, 1957: 195 ( Philonthus ; aberration of furvus ; characters).

— Smetana, 1995e: 90 ( Philonthus ; synonym of furvus ).

comptus Haldeman, 1852: 375 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Not cited).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 339 ( Philonthus ; synonym of furvus ).

— Smetana, 1991a: 230 ( Philonthus ; synonym of furvus ).

— Smetana, 1995e: 90 ( Philonthus ; synonym of furvus ).

fuscatus Kraatz, 1859: 95 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Ceylan).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 339 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1932: 141 ( Philonthus ; characters; Ceylon).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1344 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 429 ( Philonthus ; characters; Mesopotamia; India; China).

— Coiffait, 1974: 98 ( Paragabrius ; subgenus Metagabrius ; characters; Ceylon; India; China; Mesopotamia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Iraq, India, Sri Lanka, China.

fuscicornis Stephens, 1833 , see: ventralis Gravenhorst, 1802 .

fuscicornis Nordmann, 1837 , see: longicornis Stephens, 1832 .

fuscicoxis Scheerpeltz, 1933 [Note: Nomen nudum], see: varians Paykull, 1789 .

fuscipennis Mannerheim, 1830 , see: cognatus Stephens, 1832 .

fuscus Last, 1989: 880 ( Gabrius ; Type locality: Papua New Guinea: Kainantu , Onerunka).

— Schillhammer, 1997: 74 ( Philonthus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

fusiformis Melsheimer, 1844: 38 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Pennsylvania; [Note: See lectotype designation by Smetana, 1995e]).

— Horn, 1884: 200 ( Philonthus ; characters; middle States and Canada, west to Colorado).

— Blatchley, 1910: 385 ( Philonthus ; characters; Indiana).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 340 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Notman, 1920: 16 ( Philonthus ; New York).

— Smetana, 1995e: 376 ( Philonthus ; lectotype designation: Pennsylvania; characters; notes;

New Brunswick; Ontario; Quebec; Arkansas; Connecticut; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Massachusetts; Michigan; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; Ohio; Oklahoma; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; South Dakota; Texas; Wisconsin).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 379 ( Philonthus ; characters; USA).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

gabonensis Levasseur, 1966a: 1211 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Belinga, Mission biologique

au Gabon. Also cited from Congo).

— Levasseur, 1968a: 53 ( Philonthus ; Central African Republic).

- DISTRIBUTION: Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic.

gabrioides Bernhauer, 1913 , see: Gabrius .

gabrioides Coiffait, 1984 , see: bhutanensis Herman, 2001 .

gaerdesi Scheerpeltz, 1966: 65 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; Type locality: Südwest- Afrika: Okahandja in der Umgebung von Okahandja).

- DISTRIBUTION: Namibia.

gagates Mulsant and Rey, 1876: 454 [= 1877: 310] ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Provence

et dans le Languedoc).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906: 97 ( Philonthus ; Corsica).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 340 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1344 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 413 ( Philonthus ; characters; Europe; France; Corsica; Italy).

— Coiffait, 1974: 264 ( Philonthus ; characters; Mediterranean region).

— Pace and Zanetti, 1977: 292 ( Philonthus ; Italy).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 28 ( Philonthus ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: France, Italy.

apenninus Fiori, 1894: 92 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Toano, Cusna e Riarbero nell’appennino Reggiano; Sila de di Serra S. Bruno nell’appennino Calabrese; Adriano sull’Argentaro in Toscana).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 340 ( Philonthus ; synonym of gagates ).

— Fiori, 1915: 15 ( Philonthus ; Italy).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1344 ( Philonthus ; synonym of gagates ).

— Coiffait, 1974: 264 ( Philonthus ; synonym of gagates ).

ganeshensis Coiffait, 1983d: 164 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Nepal: Ganesh Himal , entre Salmi et Rupchet, 1500 à 3600 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Nepal.

ganglbaueri Bernhauer, 1898 , see: juvenilis Peyeron, 1858 .

gardneri Cameron, 1932: 101 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Bengal: Darjeeling, Rangirum,

alt. 6000 feet).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1344 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

gastoni Tikhomirova, 1973 , see: kiautschauensis Bernhauer, 1916 .

gastralis Sharp, 1874: 48 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Nagasaki).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 340 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1344 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Nakane, 1963a: 91 ( Philonthus ; characters; habitus photograph; Japan).

— Watanabe and Shibata, 1965: 321 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Bisnius ; Japan).

— Frank, 1982: 41 ( Philonthus ; list of parasites).

— Watanabe, 1995d: 256 ( Philonthus ; Okushiri-tô Island).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

gaudens Tottenham, 1939d: 234 ( Philonthus ; replacement name for nitescens ).

— Smetana, 1995e: 87 ( Philonthus ; characters; British Columbia; California; Oregon; Washington).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

nitescens Horn, 1884: 182 ( Philonthus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: southern California; [Note: See lectotype designation by Smetana, 1995e]. Originally cited from Vancouver, Wash. Territory and the south of California).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 348 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Hatch, 1957: 196 ( Philonthus ; characters; British Columbia; Washington; Oregon).

— Smetana, 1995e: 87 ( Philonthus ; lectotype designation: So. Cal [southern California]; synonym of gaudens ).

gaudichaudi Blanchard, 1842: 81 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Rio-Janeiro).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 340 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

gavius Smetana, 1995e: 291 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Louisiana: Concordia Pa.: 5 mi. W. Ferriday. Also cited from Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Okalahoma, Tennessee, Texas).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

gavoyi Bernhauer, 1928 , see: Gabrius .

gawensis Last, 1981: 117 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Gawe, near Morawaka , Eastern Highlands).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

gedyeanus Bernhauer, 1940: 137 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Kenya: Mt. Kenya, 8000 ft.;

West Aberdare Mts., 10–11,000 ft.).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kenya.

gedyei Cameron, 1951 , see: Gabrius .

gemelloides Coiffait, 1983e: 479 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Bashgultal, 1150 m, Nuristan, Afghanistan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Afghanistan.

gemellus Kraatz, 1859: 91 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Ceylan).

— Fauvel, 1904a: 58 ( Philonthus ; Belgaum; Nilghiris; Ceylan; Java).

— Fauvel, 1905e: 83 ( Philonthus ; Java).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 340 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1921a: 377, 405 ( Philonthus ; characters; Singapore).

— Cameron, 1932: 124 ( Philonthus ; characters; Ceylon; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1344 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1937: 5 ( Philonthus ; Java).

— Frank, 1982: 41 ( Philonthus ; list of parasites).

— Lecoq, 1990: 199 ( Philonthus ; Mascarene Islands).

— Shibata, 1992: 188 ( Philonthus ; Ryukyu Archipelago).

— Yadav, Chand, and Yadav, 1995: 6 ( Philonthus ; morphology of mitotic and meiotic chromosomes).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mascarene Islands, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan. geminus Kraatz, 1859: 87 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Ceylan).

— Fauvel, 1903: 159 ( Philonthus ; Ceylan; India; China; Burma; Japan; Tonkin; Pulo-Penang; Sumatra; Mentawei Islands; Celebes).

— Fauvel, 1904a: 58 ( Philonthus ; Nilghiris; China; Japan; Bírmanie; Tonkin; Pulo-Penang; Sumatra; Java; Mentawei Island; Celebes).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 340 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1921a: 378, 405 ( Philonthus ; characters; Singapore).

— Cameron, 1932: 103 ( Philonthus ; characters; Ceylon; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1344 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1937: 5 ( Philonthus ; Java).

— Yadav, Chand, and Yadav, 1995: 6 ( Philonthus ; morphology of mitotic and meiotic chromosomes).

- DISTRIBUTION: Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia. gentilicius Cameron, 1926b: 353 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Chakrata District; Manjgaon, Bangar, Mohna. Mussorie District; Arni Gad. Dehra Dun; Siwaliks, 2500 to

6000 feet).

— Cameron, 1932: 120 ( Philonthus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1344 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

gentilis Horn, 1884: 185 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Arizona; [Note: See lectotype designation by Smetana, 1995e]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 340 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Smetana, 1995e: 160 ( Philonthus ; lectotype designation: Ariz. [ Arizona ]; characters; Arizona; Texas; Mexico) .

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico; USA.

georgianus Sachse, 1852 , see: lomatus Erichson, 1840 .

gerardi Bernhauer, 1928 g: 108 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Belgisch-Kongo: Manyema, Sibatwa Kilengwe).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1344 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Tottenham, 1949b: 353 ( Philonthus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

gerhardti Jakobson, 1909 , see: micans Gravenhorst, 1802 .

gerhardtianus Scheerpeltz, 1933 , see: discoideus Gravenhorst, 1802 .

germaini Scheerpeltz, 1933 , see: Loncovilius .

germanus Sharp, 1874 , see: Bisnius .

gestroi Fauvel, 1878f: 263 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Nouvelle-Guinée, Andai).

— Fauvel, 1879: 102 ( Philonthus ; Dorei; Amberbaki).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 340 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

geus Tottenham, 1953: 146 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Rarotonga).

— Barrion, Litsinger, and Last, 1991: 1078 ( Philonthus ; cited subspecies of variipennis ; associated with rice agroecosystem).

- DISTRIBUTION: Cook Islands.

ghilianii Kraatz, 1857 , see: laetus Heer, 1839 .

ghilarovi Tikhomirova, 1973: 167 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Suputinskii zapovednik).

— Schillhammer, 2000: 157 ( Philonthus ; characters; Russia; China).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia, China.

gigas Bernhauer, 1915d: 136 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Abessinien: Boroda ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1345 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Tottenham, 1962: 160 ( Philonthus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia.

gilleti Levasseur, 1980: 361 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Tchad: Parc Zakouma , Mas Dhour).

- DISTRIBUTION: Chad.

gilvipes Erichson, 1839 , see: lepidus Gravenhorst, 1802 .

gilvisuturatus Coiffait, 1983e: 481 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Bashgultal, 1150 m, Nuristan, Afghanistan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Afghanistan.

girardi Lecoq, 1989: 92 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Mont Nimba , République Populaire de Guinée).

- DISTRIBUTION: Guinea.

glaberrimus Scheerpeltz, 1965: 224 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: N.E. Burma, Kambaiti ,

7000 ft.).

- DISTRIBUTION: Myanmar.

glenelgi Blackburn, 1903: 94 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Victoria, Glenelg R. District).

— Lea, 1925: 220 ( Philonthus ; characters; Australia).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1345 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

glenoides Schubert, 1908 , see: Craspedomerus .

godmani Sharp, 1885: 413 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Mexico, Orizaba ; Guatemala, Calderas 1200 feet, Panajachel 5000 feet, San Geronimo 3000 feet; Panama, Boquete

3500 feet).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 340 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico, Guatemala, Panama.

gongulus Tottenham, 1949b: 356 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Kivu: N’Gama ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

gopheri Hubbard, 1894a: 308 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Crescent City , Florida).

— Hubbard, 1896: 300, 301 ( Philonthus ; notes).

— Notman, 1920b: 706 ( Philonthus ; Florida).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1345 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Young and Goff, 1939: 59 ( Philonthus ; in Gopher Tortoise burrows; notes; Florida).

— Woodruff, 1982: 27 ( Philonthus ; in Gopher Tortoise burrows; notes; Florida).

— Smetana, 1995e: 260 ( Philonthus ; characters; Florida).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

gorokaensis Last, 1981: 123 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Goroka).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

gracilentus Cameron, 1925a: 186 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Tjibodas, 1400 m).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1345 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1937: 5 ( Philonthus ; Java).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

gracilicornis Heer, 1839 , see: Quedius .

gracilicornis Horn, 1884 , see: incertus Solsky, 1868 .

gracilior Casey, 1915: 444 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: California: Anderson Valley, Mendocino Co.; [ Note : See lectotype designation by Smetana, 1995e]).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1345 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Smetana, 1995e: 310 ( Philonthus ; lectotype designation: Anderson Valley, Mendocino Co., Califormia ; characters; British Columbia; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Ontario; Quebec; Arkansas; California; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Maryland; Maine; Michigan; Missouri; Montana; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; Ohio; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Virginia; Washington; West Virginia) .

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

viridanus Horn, 1884: 221 ( Philonthus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: New York; [Note: See lectotype designation by Smetana, 1995e]. Originally cited from Middle States westward to Missouri).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 361 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Notman, 1920: 16 ( Philonthus ; New York).

— Tottenham, 1939d: 233 ( Philonthus ; synonym of chlorinus ).

— Hatch, 1957: 182 ( Philonthus ; characters; British Columbia; Washington; Idaho).

— Smetana, 1965: 28 ( Philonthus ; synonym of chlorinus ).

— Dearborn and Donahue, 1994: 15 ( Philonthus ; Maine).

gulmargensis Coiffait, 1982: 64 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Inde: Cachemire , Gulmarg,

Pir Panjal Gebirge, 2800 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

gyllenhali Gistel, 1857: 74 ( Philonthus ; [Note: Nomen dubium]; Type locality: Germania) .

- DISTRIBUTION: Germany.

haematodes Bernhauer, 1915d: 138 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Abessinien: Kunhe, Boroda). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1345 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Tottenham, 1949b: 308 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Tottenham, 1962: 162 ( Philonthus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia.

haematurus Erichson, 1840 , see: Hesperus .

haemorrhoidalis W. J. MacLeay, 1873 , see: Hesperus .

haemorrhoidalis Brancsik, 1893 , see: Diatrechus .

hanae Vávra and Schillhammer, 1993 , see: Bisnius .

hanseni Palm, 1952 [Note: Nomen nudum], see: binotatus Gravenhorst, 1806 .

hargreavesi Tottenham, 1949b: 354 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Sierra Leone: Njala ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Sierra Leone.

harrisii Melsheimer, 1844, see: politus Linné, 1758 .

havaniensis Laporte, 1835: 116 ( Staphylinus ; Type locality: Ile de Cuba).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 340 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Blackwelder, 1943: 418 ( Philonthus ; characters; Cuba; Jamaica; Haiti; Puerto Rico; St. John; St. Croix; Antigua).

— Ramos, 1946: 33 ( Philonthus ; Mona Island, West Indies).

— Blackwelder, 1947: 123 ( Philonthus ; Cayman Islands).

- DISTRIBUTION: West Indies.

obscurus Fauvel, 1863: 434 ( Philonthus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Not cited, presumably Cuba).

— Fauvel, 1869: 489 ( Philonthus ; synonym of havaniensis ).

— Fauvel, 1891: 115 ( Philonthus ; synonym of suspectus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 340 ( Philonthus ; synonym of havaniensis ).

— Blackwelder, 1943: 418 ( Philonthus ; synonym of havaniensis ).

havelkai R. Dvořák, 1958: 140 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Japan: Osaka, Yodokawa ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

hebridensis Fauvel, 1878 g: 549 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Nouvelle-Hébrides).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 341 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Vanuatu.

heidenreichi Hubenthal, 1911 , see: Bisnius .

heilongjiangensis J. Li, 1993: 60 ( Philonthus ; cited as heilougjiangensis; Type locality:

Mount Laoye).

— Herman, 2001: 12 ( Philonthus ; spelling corrected).

- DISTRIBUTION: China.

heinemanni Bernhauer, 1913 , see: caucasicus Nordmann, 1837 .

heinlii Gistel, 1857: 23 ( Philonthus ; [Note: Nomen dubium]; Type locality: Bayern).

- DISTRIBUTION: Germany.

helveticus Mulsant and Rey, 1876 , see: micans Gravenhorst, 1802 .

helvolus Erichson, 1840: 494 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Madagascar).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 341 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.

hepaticus Erichson, 1840: 451 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: America septentrionalis; [Note:

See lectotype designation by Smetana, 1995e]).

— Fauvel, 1878g: 546 ( Philonthus ; characters; Australia).

— Lynch, 1884: 153 ( Philonthus ; characters; Argentina).

— Horn, 1884: 188 ( Philonthus ; characters; California; Nevada; Arizona).

— Fauvel, 1891: 112 ( Philonthus ; notes; Venezuela).

— Fauvel, 1901: 85 ( Philonthus ; Colombia; northern United States to Argentina; southern Australia).

— Fall and Cockerell, 1907: 166 ( Philonthus ; New Mexico).

— Blatchley, 1910: 381 ( Philonthus ; characters; Indiana).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 341 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Notman, 1920b: 705 ( Philonthus ; Florida).

— Lea, 1925: 220 ( Philonthus ; Australian introduction).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1345 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Blackwelder, 1943: 401 ( Philonthus ; characters; Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico; St. Thomas; St. Croix; St. Kitts; Antigua; Montserrat; Guadeloupe;

Les Saintes; Dominica; Barbados; St. Vincent; Grenadines; Tobago; Trinidad).

— Coiffait and Saiz, 1968: 355 ( Philonthus ; characters; Chile).

— Saiz, 1971b: 342 ( Philonthus ; Argentina; Chile).

— Frank, 1982: 41 ( Philonthus ; list of parasites).

— Hunter, Kincher, Bay, Beerwinkle, 1991: 168 ( Philonthus ; seasonal distribution and diel flight activity; Texas).

— Smetana, 1995e: 175 ( Philonthus ; lectotype designation: America septentrionalis; characters; British Columbia ; Alberta ; Arizona ; Arkansas ; California ; Colorado ; Delaware ; Florida ; Georgia ; Illinois ; Indiana ; Iowa ; Kansas Kentucky ; Louisiana Maryland ; Massachusetts ; Michigan ; Mississippi ; Missouri ; Montana ; Nebraska ; New Jersey ; New Mexico; New York ; North Carolina ; Ohio ; Oklahoma ; Pennsylvania ; South Carolina ; Tennessee ; Texas ; Utah ; Virginia ; West Virginia; Wyoming; Mexico) .

— Hu and Frank, 1995b: 586 ( Philonthus ; surface structure of eggs).

— Hu and Frank, 1997 ( Philonthus ; predation of eggs and larvae of Haematobia irritans ; Florida).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 377 ( Philonthus ; characters; USA).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA, West Indies, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Australia, New Zealand.

vilis Erichson, 1840: 451 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Americae meridionalis ins. St. Thoma; [Note: See lectotype designation by Smetana, 1995e]).

— Guérin-Méneville, 1857: 39 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Chevrolat and Fauvel, 1863: 433 ( Philonthus ; characters; St. Thomas, Cuba).

— Fleutiaux and Sallé, 1889: 379 ( Philonthus ; Guadeloupe Island).

— Sharp, 1885: 406 ( Philonthus ; notes; Mexico; Guatemala; Nicaragua; Antilles).

— Fauvel, 1891: 113 ( Philonthus ; Venezuela).

— Fauvel, 1901: 85 ( Philonthus ; Colombia; Central America; Antilles; Venezuela; Brazil).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 360 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Blackwelder, 1943: 401 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ).

— Blackwelder, 1944: 133 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1971b: 205 ( Philonthus ; Guatemala).

— Smetana, 1995e: 175 ( Philonthus ; lectotype designation; synonym of hepaticus ).

nanus Melsheimer, 1844: 36 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Pennsylvania; [Note: See lectotype designation by Smetana, 1995e]).

— Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 589 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ).

— Lynch, 1884: 153 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ).

— Horn, 1884: 233 ( Philonthus ; synonymy with hepaticus may be erroneous).

— Fauvel, 1891: 112 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 341 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1345 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ).

— Blackwelder, 1943: 401 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ).

— Smetana, 1995e: 175 ( Philonthus ; lectotype designation: Pennsylvania; synonym of hepaticus ).

cinctutus Melsheimer, 1844: 37 ( Philonthus ; [Note: This name is often cited as cinctulus ; Melsheimer spelled it cinctutus when describing it (1844) and later when cataloging it (1853: 157)]; Type locality: Pennsylvania; [Note: See lectotype designation by Smetana, 1995e]). — Horn, 1884: 223 ( Philonthus ; may be synonym of hepaticus ). — Fauvel, 1891: 112 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 341 ( Philonthus ; cited as cinctulus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Blackwelder, 1943: 401 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Smetana, 1995e: 175 ( Philonthus ; lectotype designation: Pennsylvania; synonym of hepaticus ).

palleolus Melsheimer, 1844: 37 ( Philonthus ; variety of nanus ; Type locality: Not cited). — Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 589 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Lynch, 1884: 153 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Fauvel, 1891: 112 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 341 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Blackwelder, 1943: 401 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Smetana, 1995e: 175 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ).

rufipennis Solier, 1849: 317 ( Staphylinus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Chile: Santa Rosa; Illapel). — Kraatz, 1859a: 5 ( Philonthus ; notes). — Fairmaire and Germain, 1861: 434 ( Philonthus ; synonym of pyropterus ). — Fauvel, 1864a: 125 ( Philonthus ; synonym of pyropterus ). — Fauvel, 1866a: 343 [= 1866b: 94] ( Philonthus ; synonym of pyropterus ). — Fauvel, 1891: 112 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 341 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Blackwelder, 1943: 401 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Coiffait and Saiz, 1968: 355 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Saiz, 1969a: 9 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ).

varicolor Boheman, 1858: 29 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: California). — Fauvel, 1891: 112 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 341 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Blackwelder, 1943: 401 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Smetana, 1995e: 175 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ).

pyropterus Kraatz, 1859a: 12 , note ( Philonthus ; replacement name for rufipennis Solier ). — Fairmaire and Germain, 1861: 431 ( Philonthus ; characters; Chile). — Fauvel, 1864a: 125 ( Philonthus ; notes; Chile). — Fauvel, 1866a: 343 [= 1866b: 94] ( Philonthus ; characters; Chile). — Fauvel, 1878g: 546 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Fauvel, 1891: 112 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 341 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Blackwelder, 1943: 401 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Coiffait and Saiz, 1968: 355 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Kuschel, 1990: 26 ( Philonthus ; cited as valid species; introduced, South American species; winged; habitat; New Zealand).

parvimanus Sharp, 1885: 406 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Mexico: Cordova; Guatemala: near the City, Paso Antonio, Camperico, San Joaquin in Vera Paz; Nicaragua: Chontales; Panama: David). — Fauvel, 1891: 112 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 341 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ). — Blackwelder, 1943: 401 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ).

oklahomensis Hatch and Ortenburger, 1930: 12 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Okla., Murray Co., Dougherty). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1354 ( Philonthus ; catalog). — Smetana, 1995e: 175 ( Philonthus ; synonym of hepaticus ).