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mimulus Rottenberg, 1870: 30 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Sicily: Catania ).

— Fauvel, 1874: 245 [= 1874a: 471] ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum maritimus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 460 ( Philonthus ; synonym of maritimus ).

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

— Coiffait, 1974: 113 ( Gabronthus ; synonym of maritimus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1978: 224 ( Philonthus ; synonym of maritimus ).

pubens Mulsant and Rey, 1878b: 259 ( Gabrius ; Type locality: la Garonne, à Saint-Raphaël, Var).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 460 ( Philonthus ; synonym of maritimus ).

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

— Coiffait, 1974: 113 ( Gabronthus ; synonym of maritimus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1978: 224 ( Philonthus ; synonym of maritimus ).

meridionalis Cameron, 1945c: 716 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Gabrius ; Type locality: South Africa: Simon’s Town).

— Tottenham, 1955: 186 ( Gabronthus ; characters; South Africa).

- DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.

mgogoricus Tottenham, 1955: 185 ( Gabronthus ; Type locality: Rhodesia: Mashonaland, Salisbury ; also listed from South Africa and Tanganyika).

— Frank, 1984: 476 ( Gabronthus ; characters; collecting notes; Jamaica; Haiti; Puerto Rico;

St. Croix ; Florida).

— Smetana, 1995e: 485 ( Gabronthus ; characters; notes; introduced to: Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina).

- DISTRIBUTION: Zimbabwe, South Africa, Tanzania, West Indies, USA.

mimulus Rottenberg, 1870 , see: maritimus Motschulsky, 1858 .

minusculus Tottenham, 1955: 193 ( Gabronthus ; Type locality: Ceylon).

- DISTRIBUTION: Sri Lanka.

minutissimus Bernhauer, 1915d: 143 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Gabrius ; Type locality: Deutsch- Ostafrika: Unjanjembe).

— Bernhauer, 1931d: 587 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Gabrius ; Abyssinia).

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

— Tottenham, 1955: 188 ( Gabronthus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Tanzania, Ethiopia.

musonoiensis Levasseur, 1964: 290 ( Gabronthus ; Type locality: Région de Kolwezi, Katanga, Musonoie).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

oribates Jeannel and Paulian, 1945: 88 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Gabrius ; Type locality: camp II de l’Elgon, Elgon Sae Mill, alt. 2470 m. Also cited from Cameroon).

— Tottenham, 1955: 187 ( Gabronthus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Cameroon.

pluvialis Tottenham, 1955: 185 ( Gabronthus ; Type locality: Kenya: Muguga ).

— Tottenham, 1956: 227 ( Gabronthus ; Ruanda).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Rwanda.

pubens Mulsant and Rey, 1878 , see: maritimus Motschulsky, 1858 .

pulchellus Kraatz, 1859 , see: flavicollis Motschulsky, 1858 .

pygmaeus Kraatz, 1859: 93 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Ceylan; India orientalis).

— Fauvel, 1878f: 268 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Sharp, 1889: 39 ( Philonthus ; notes; Japan).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 460 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Fauvel, 1903d: 271 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Fauvel, 1905e: 83 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 357 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Cameron, 1932: 134 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

thermarum Aubé, 1850: 316 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Paris , Jardin des Plantes).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 522 ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 608 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

— Wollaston, 1860: 102 ( Philonthus ; characters; notes Madeira).

— Wollaston, 1865: 491 ( Philonthus ; Madeira Islands).

— Baudi, 1870: 386 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Solsky, 1872: 303 ( Philonthus ; Cayenne).

— Fauvel, 1874: 245 [= 1874a: 470] ( Philonthus ; characters; France; Britain; Germany; Italy; Ceylon; East Indies; China; Japan; Java; Madeira; North America; Guyana).

— Sharp, 1874: 44 ( Philonthus ; characters; Japan; China).

— Seidlitz, 1875: 277 ( Philonthus ; characters; Baltic region).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1876: 546 [= 1877: 402] ( Gabrius ; characters; France).

— Fauvel, 1878f: 268 ( Philonthus ; characters; New Guinea; Java; Japan; China).

— Horn, 1884: 196 ( Philonthus ; characters; Missouri; District of Columbia).

— Fowler, 1888: 276 ( Philonthus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 460 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Gabrius ; characters; middle Europe; Italy; Madeira; East Africa; Ceylon; India; China; Japan; North America; Guyana).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 111 ( Philonthus ; Algeria; Madeira).

— Fauvel, 1903d: 271 ( Philonthus ; New Caledonia).

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

— Reitter, 1909: 131 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Gabrius ; characters; Germany).

— Eichelbaum, 1913: 130 ( Philonthus ; Tanzania).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 357 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 417 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Gabrius ; characters; Denmark).

— Bernhauer, 1922b: 176 ( Philonthus ; Seychelles).

— Bernhauer, 1922c: 232 ( Philonthus ; Formosa).

— Lea, 1925: 221 ( Philonthus ; not recorded in Australia).

— Bernhauer, 1928: 17 ( Philonthus ; Sumatra).

— Portevin, 1929: 365 ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— Cameron, 1931: 363 ( Philonthus ; New Guinea).

— Cameron, 1932: 134 ( Philonthus ; characters; Ceylon; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1364 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1933d: 387 ( Philonthus ; Sumatra).

— Cameron, 1934a: 22 ( Philonthus ; New Hebrides).

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

— Cameron, 1937: 6 ( Philonthus ; Java).

— Bernhauer and Chapman, 1939: 69 ( Philonthus ; Kenya).

— Méquignon, 1942a: 21 ( Philonthus ; Azores).

— Blackwelder, 1943: 403 ( Philonthus ; characters; Jamaica; Haiti; Puerto Rico; St. Croix; Antigua; Guadeloupe; Grenada).

— Cameron, 1951: 282 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Gabrius ; Egypt).

— V. Hansen, 1952: 87 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Gabrius ; characters; Denmark).

— Tottenham, 1955: 183 ( Gabronthus ; characters; some names listed as synonyms are different species).

— Scheerpeltz, 1957c: 234 ( Philonthus ; Sumba).

— Smetana, 1958: 217 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; ecology; Czechoslovakia).

— Smetana, 1959: 172 ( Gabronthus ; characters).

— Palm, 1963b: 103 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Gabrius ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Lohse, 1964: 187 ( Gabronthus ; characters; central Europe).

— Horion, 1965: 181 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Gabronthus ; Ireland; Britain; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Denmark; Holland; Belgium; Switzerland; France; Spain; Portugal; Italy; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Poland; Austria; Germany).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1971c: 170 ( Philonthus ; Cameroon).

— Coiffait, 1974: 114 ( Gabronthus ; characters; Europe).

— Scheerpeltz, 1974: 161 ( Philonthus ; Basutoland; South Africa).

— Scheerpeltz, 1974c: 24 ( Philonthus ; Ethiopia; Sudan).

— Scheerpeltz, 1976a: 89 ( Gabronthus ; Nepal).

— Pope, 1977: 30 ( Gabronthus ; Britain).

— Scheerpeltz, 1978: 224 ( Philonthus ; Timor).

— Frank, 1984: 475 ( Gabronthus ; characters; collecting notes; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Antigua;

St. Kitts; Guadeloupe; Costa Rica; Florida).

— Tóth, 1984: 81 ( Gabronthus ; characters; Hungary).

— Segers, 1986: 43 ( Gabronthus ; checklist of species; Belgium).

— Lucht, 1987: 106 ( Gabronthus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden).

— Borges, 1990: Table II ( Gabronthus ; Azores) .

— Lecoq, 1990: 197 ( Gabronthus ; Mascarene Islands).

— Campbell and Davies, 1991: 119 ( Gabronthus ; checklist of species; Canada).

— J. Li, 1993: 40 ( Gabronthus ; China).

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

— Hernández, Outerelo, and Gamarra, 1994: 188 ( Gabronthus ; checklist of species; Canary Islands).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 29 ( Gabronthus ; Italy?).

— Smetana, 1995e: 481 ( Gabronthus ; characters; notes; Ontario; Quebec; Connecticut; Florida; Illinois; Kansas; Massachusetts; Michigan; New Hampshire; New Jersey; North Carolina; Ohio; Oklahoma; Pennsylvania).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 383 ( Gabronthus ; characters; USA).

— Sterrenburg and Schülke, 1997: 20 ( Gabronthus ; Netherlands).

— Ødegaard, 1999: 71 ( Gabronthus ; invasive species associated with compost heaps in Nordic countries).

- DISTRIBUTION: Wide-spread in Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, West Indies.

exilis Kraatz, 1851: 293 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Not cited).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 522 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 608 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 198 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 217 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 460 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 357 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Cameron, 1932: 134 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1364 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Blackwelder, 1943: 403 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1957c: 234 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Smetana, 1958: 217 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Coiffait, 1974: 114 ( Gabronthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1978: 224 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Smetana, 1995e: 481 ( Gabronthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

angustatus Kraatz, 1859: 92 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Ceylan; India orientalis).

— Fauvel, 1878f: 268 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Sharp, 1889: 39 ( Philonthus ; notes; China; Japan).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 460 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Fauvel, 1903d: 271 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Fauvel, 1905e: 83 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 357 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Cameron, 1932: 134 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Blackwelder, 1943: 403 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1957c: 234 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Smetana, 1958: 217 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Coiffait, 1974: 114 ( Gabronthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1978: 224 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).