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mutans Sharp, 1874: 43 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: northern China; Japan).

— Fauvel, 1904a: 60 ( Philonthus ; synonym of minutus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 346 ( Philonthus ; synonym of minutus ).

— Cameron, 1932: 132 ( Philonthus ; synonym of minutus ).

— Coiffait, 1974: 315 ( Spatulonthus ; synonym of minutus ).

rufocinctus Fauvel, 1878: 126 [= 1878a: 46] ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Bône ; Espagne: Algésiras).

— Fauvel, 1886: 57 [= 1886a: 49] ( Philonthus ; Morocco; Algeria).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 112 ( Philonthus ; synonym of minutus ).

— Fauvel, 1904a: 60 ( Philonthus ; cited as rafocinctus; synonym of minutus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 346 ( Philonthus ; synonym of minutus ).

— Cameron, 1932: 132 ( Philonthus ; synonym of minutus ).

— Coiffait, 1974: 315 ( Spatulonthus ; synonym of minutus ).

longiceps Fauvel, 1879: 104 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Nouvelle Guinée, Fly River ; Célèbes; Borneo; Malacca).

— Fauvel, 1904a: 60 ( Philonthus ; synonym of minutus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 346 ( Philonthus ; synonym of minutus ).

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

— Cameron, 1924: 87 ( Philonthus ; New Guinea).

— Bernhauer, 1926f: 317 ( Philonthus ; variety of minutus ; Buru).

— Cameron, 1928f: 410 ( Philonthus ; Borneo).

— Cameron, 1932: 132 ( Philonthus ; synonym of minutus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1351 ( Philonthus ; synonym of minutus ).

— Coiffait, 1974: 315 ( Spatulonthus ; synonym of minutus ).

mirabilis Erichson, 1840 , see: Xanthopygus .

mirei Levasseur, 1967a: 958 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: forêt de Bafut, N’guemba, 1900 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon.

misellus Fauvel, 1895 , see: adversus Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914 .

misellus Sharp, 1885: 421 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Guatemala near the city, Quiche Mountains 7000 to 9000 feet).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 346 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Guatemala.

misor Tottenham, 1953 , see: chopardi Cameron, 1950 .

mivutanus Tottenham, 1962: 184 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Kenya: Kanzeko ).

— Coiffait, 1968a: 136 ( Philonthus ; Chad).

— Schillhammer, 1996a: 82 ( Philonthus ; Oman; Cape Verde Islands).

- DISTRIBUTION: Oman, Kenya, Chad, Cape Verde Islands.

mixtus Last, 1968 , see: Hesperus .

mjobergi Cameron, 1928 g: 445 ( Philonthus ; cited as mjöbergi ; [Note: Since this name is based on the Swedish name Mjöberg, the umlaut should be dropped and without further modification and the name should be emended to mjobergi ]; Type locality: Borneo: Baram district).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1351 ( Philonthus ; cited as mjöbergi ; catalog).

— Hammond, 1984: 206 ( Philonthus ; cited as mjoebergi; Borneo).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Borneo.

mlogosiensis Bernhauer, 1934f: 207 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Kenya: Mlogosi ).

— Tottenham, 1962: 202, 203, 209 ( Philonthus ; characters; Kenya; Cameroon).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Cameroon.

mnemon Smetana, 1995e: 157 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Arizona: Chiric. Mts. , Ash Spg.,

7 mi. SW Portal, 6000 ft. Also cited from New Mexico and Mexico).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico, USA.

modestus Cameron, 1932: 102 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1351 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1954: 113 ( Philonthus , cited as Phylonthus; Ceylon).

- DISTRIBUTION: India, Sri Lanka.

modulatus Last, 1968 , see: Hesperus .

modus Last, 1987: 26 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Papua New Guinea: New Guinea NE: Karimi, 1800 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

moestus Gravenhorst, 1806 , see: umbrinus Gravenhorst, 1802 .

moldavicus Wendeler, 1924: 343 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Rumänien: Moldau ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1351 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 390 ( Philonthus ; characters; Romania).

— Coiffait, 1974: 298 ( Philonthus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Romania.

molliculus Casey, 1915 , see: Gabrius .

mollis Sharp, 1885: 408 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Panama, San Feliz ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 346 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Panama.

monachus Bernhauer, 1908d: 335 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Paraguay).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 346 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Paraguay.

mongendensis Bernhauer, 1928 , see: Mentophilonthus .

mongolicus Csiki, 1901: 104 ( Philonthus ; variety of lepidus ; Type locality: Mongolia: Chara-gol).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 344 ( Philonthus ; variety of lepidus ).

— Smetana, 1963c: 295 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; valid species; characters; Mongolia). — Smetana, 1965e: 173 ( Philonthus ; Mongolia).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 434 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Trionthus ; characters; Mongolia).

— Smetana, 1967d: 203 ( Philonthus ; Mongolia).

— Coiffait, 1974: 194 ( Philonthus ; characters; Mongolia).

— Smetana 1975c: 170 ( Philonthus ; Mongolia).

— Shilov, 1976: 150 ( Philonthus ; Mongolia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mongolia.

montanellus Bernhauer, 1934 g: 238 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Kivu: Tshibinda; Lubero ).

— Cameron, 1950g: 36 ( Philonthus ; Belgian Congo).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

montanus Heer, 1839 , see: Quedius .

montanus Bernhauer, 1934 , see: Gabrius .

monticola Bernhauer, 1931 , see: Gabrius .

montivagans Cameron, 1943: 129 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Darjeeling : Ghum district).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

montivagoides Coiffait, 1963: 28 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Kenonthus ; Type locality:

Alpes Maritimes: environs de Beuil).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 437 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Kenonthus ; characters; Alps).

— Coiffait, 1974: 301 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Kenonthus ; characters; Alps).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: France.

montivagus Heer, 1839: 275 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Matt; Mühlebachalp; Krauchthalalp; Bergli; Pilatus; Engadin; Beverserthal; Camogaskerthal; Val Emet; Nufenen; Valserberg; Luckmanier; Urserenthal; beim St. Annagletscher; Gotthard; Furca; Gemmi; Engelbergerjoch; Finnelalp; Ollen).

— Heer, 1834: 75 ( Staphylinus ; subgenus Philonthus ; [Note: Misidentification: Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 346 and others cited nigrita Heer as a synonym of montivagus ; Heer did not describe the species as new, he attributed it to Gravenhorst and in 1839 cited it as a synonym

of montivagus ]; elevational listing).

— Erichson, 1840: 432 ( Philonthus ; [Note: Misidentification: Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 433 cited laevicollis Erichson as a synonym of montivagus ; Erichson did not describe the species as new, he attributed it to Boisduval and Lacordaire]; characters; Carinthia).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 514 ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 572 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 572 ( Philonthus ; [Note: Cited as nigrita Heer , a misidentification]; synonym

of montivagus ).

— Fauvel, 1865a: 295 [= 1865b: 45] ( Philonthus ; habitat; France).

— Fauvel, 1874: 231 [= 1874a: 457] ( Philonthus ; characters; France; Germany; Switzerland; Austria).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 216 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1876: 359 [= 1877: 215] ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 443 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany; Alps; Carpathians).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 443 ( Philonthus ; [Note: Cited as nigrita Heer , a misidentification]; synonym of montivagans ).

— Xambeu, 1900: 29 ( Philonthus ; larval characters).

— Reitter, 1909: 125 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 346 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 346 ( Philonthus ; [Note: Cited as nigrita Heer , a misidentification]; synonym of montivagus ).

— Portevin, 1929: 357 ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1351 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Wüsthoff, 1934: 60 ( Philonthus ; illustration of aedeagus).

— Smetana, 1958: 159 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; ecology; Czechoslovakia).

— Smetana, 1959: 145 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Coiffait, 1960: 363, 365 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Kenonthus ; characters; Alps; Carpathians; Massif Central; Pyrenees).

— Lohse, 1964: 176 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; central Europe).

— Horion, 1965: 126 ( Philonthus ; France; Switzerland; Italy; Germany; Austria; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Poland; Romania).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 437 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Kenonthus ; characters; Europe).

— Raianu, 1968a: 462 ( Philonthus ; Romania).

— Coiffait, 1974: 300 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Kenonthus ; characters; Europe).

— Coiffait, 1974: 300 ( Philonthus ; [Note: Cited as nigrita Heer , a misidentification]; synonym

of montivagus ).

— Tóth, 1984: 46 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Lohse, 1988: 42 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Lucht, 1987: 104 ( Philonthus ; checklist; Poland; Czechoslovakia; France).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 163 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Pilon and Zanetti, 1991: 57 ( Philonthus ; Italy).

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

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

tripunctatus Coiffait, 1987: 497 ( Philonthus ; subspecies of montivagus ; [Note: This name was originally cited by Coiffait, 1960, as an aberration of montivagus and was used subsequently by him as an aberration or, in 1974, a variety; the name was unavailable for all those uses; Coiffait made the name available in 1987 when he cited it as a subspecies of montivagus; characters had been presented in earlier articles when the name was still unavailable; preoccupied]; Type locality: Pyrénées: Luchon, cirque de la Glère).

— Coiffait, 1960: 364, 365 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Kenonthus ; aberration of montivagus ; [Note: Nomen nudum (Articles 1.3.4, 45.5); preoccupied]; characters; cited from Pyrénées: Luchon,

— Bernhauer, 1942c: 361 ( Philonthus ; Cameroon).

— Tottenham, 1962: 188, 189 ( Philonthus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo, Cameroon.

moucheti Levasseur, 1962: 236 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Bertoua , Cameroun).

- DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon.

mubilibanus Cameron, 1950 , see: Gabrius .

multicolor Lea, 1925: 224 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: North-western Australia: Behn River; Queensland: Coen River ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1352 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

multiformis Last, 1968 , see: specialis Cameron, 1937 .

multipunctatus Blatchley, 1910 , see: Gabrius .

multipunctatus Mannerheim, 1830 , see: punctus Gravenhorst, 1802 .

mundus Last, 1981: 124 ( Neobisnius ; Type locality: New Guinea: Zokoyoi River, Goroka).

— Last, 1987: 51 ( Neobisnius ; Papua New Guinea).

— Schillhammer, 1996a: 82 ( Philonthus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

murex Last, 1993: 149 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: New Guinea).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

musonoiensis Levasseur, 1966b: 1499 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: région de Kolwezi, Katanga, Musonoie).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

musurus Tottenham, 1956a: 241 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Uganda: Jinja).

— Tottenham, 1961: 204 ( Philonthus ; Senegal).

- DISTRIBUTION: Uganda, Senegal.

mutans Sharp, 1874 , see: minutus Boheman, 1848 .

mutatus Gemminger and Harold, 1868 , see: Cafius .

muticus Sharp, 1876: 167 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Ega , St. Paulo).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 347 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

nairobianus Cameron, 1951c: 400 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Kenya Colony : Nairobi,

5500 feet).

— Tottenham, 1955: 174 ( Philonthus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kenya.

nairobiensis Fauvel, 1907: 41 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Nairobi; steppe Masai pres Nairobi). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 347 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kenya.

nakanei Sawada, 1965: 14 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Onychophilonthus ; Type locality: Japan: Pref. Nagano: Mt. Jônen).

— J. Li, 1993: 35 ( Philonthus ; China).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan, China.

nanellus Casey, 1915 , see: Gabrius .

nanus Melsheimer, 1844 , see: hepaticus Erichson, 1840 .

natalensis Boheman, 1848: 278 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Portus Natalensis).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 347 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Tottenham, 1949b: 313 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Tottenham, 1962: 163 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Scheerpeltz, 1974: 142 ( Philonthus ; South Africa).

- DISTRIBUTION: South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia.