Philonthus flavipennis, Erichson, 1840

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flavipennis Erichson, 1840 , see: Leptopeltus .

flavipes Kraatz, 1859: 88 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Ceylan).

— Bernhauer, 1902b: 27 ( Philonthus ; Ceylon).

— Fauvel, 1904a: 58 ( Philonthus ; Belgaum; Kanara; Ceylan; Bírmanie; Siam; Tonkin; Indochina; Sumatra).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 338 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Bernhauer, 1922a: 151 ( Philonthus ; Samoa).

— Bernhauer, 1928: 16 ( Philonthus ; Sumatra).

— Cameron, 1932: 110 ( Philonthus ; characters; Ceylon).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1342 ( Philonthus ; catalog; Mauritius; Réunion).

— Cameron, 1933d: 386 ( Philonthus ; Sumatra).

— Last, 1964: 177 ( Philonthus ; Brunei).

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

— Hayashi, 1994c: 4 ( Philonthus ; Japan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mascarene Islands, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brunei, Samoa, Japan.

flaviventris Jarrige, 1948a: 21 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Madagascar: Montagne d’Ambre). — Lecoq, 1997: 281 ( Philonthus ; characters; Madagascar).

- DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.

flavocinctus Motschulsky, 1858: 663 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Indes orientales).

— Fauvel, 1904a: 58 ( Philonthus ; Belgaum; Ceylan; Bírmanie; Annam; Maurice; Réunion).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 338 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

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

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

— Cameron and Scott, 1928: 272 ( Philonthus ; Rodriguez Island).

— Cameron, 1932: 116 ( Philonthus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1342 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

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

— Cameron, 1934d: 79 ( Philonthus ; type examined; two specimens representing leucopygus

and minutus ).

— Cameron, 1950b: 214 ( Philonthus ; Sudan).

— Jarrige, 1957: 110 ( Philonthus ; Réunion).

— Scheerpeltz, 1966e: 402 ( Philonthus ; New Caledonia).

— Legner and Moore, 1977: 176 ( Philonthus ; found under bark).

— Frank, 1982: 40 ( Philonthus ; list of parasites).

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

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Sudan, Mascarene Islands, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Taiwan, Japan.

rufomarginatus Kraatz, 1859: 90 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Ceylan) .

— Fauvel, 1904a: 58 ( Philonthus ; synonym of flavocinctus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 338 ( Philonthus ; synonym of flavocinctus ).

— Cameron, 1932: 116 ( Philonthus ; synonym of flavocinctus ).

— Jarrige, 1957: 110 ( Philonthus ; synonym of flavocinctus ).

flavolimbatus Erichson, 1840: 471 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Columbia; [Note: See lectotype designation by Smetana, 1995e]).

— Erichson, 1840: 929 ( Philonthus ; characters; Carolina meridionalis).

— Horn, 1884: 191 ( Philonthus ; characters; Gulf States and Arizona, extending to South America). — Sharp, 1885: 416 ( Philonthus ; Mexico; Guatemala; Nicaragua; Panama; Colombia; Brazil; South Carolina).

— Fauvel, 1891: 116 ( Philonthus ; Venezuela).

— Fauvel, 1901: 86 ( Philonthus ; southern United States; Central America; Martinique; Venezuela; Peru; Brazil; Argentina). — Fall and Cockerell, 1907: 166 ( Philonthus ; New Mexico).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 338 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

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

— Blackwelder, 1943: 414 ( Philonthus ; characters; Martinique; Granadines; Texas; Arizona).

— Scheerpeltz, 1975a: 243 ( Philonthus ; collecting notes; Brazil).

— Marcuzzi, 1977: 12 ( Philonthus ; Venezuela).

— Frank, 1982: 40 ( Philonthus ; list of parasites).

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

— Smetana, 1995e: 200 ( Philonthus ; lectotype designation: Colombia; characters; notes; Arizona; California; Colorado ; Florida ; Georgia ; Kansas ; Mississippi ; Missouri ; New Mexico; New York ; North Carolina ; South Carolina ; South Dakota ; Tennessee ; Texas ; Utah ; Mexico) .

— Hu and Frank, 1995b: 584 ( Philonthus ; surface structure of eggs).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA, West Indies, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Argentina.

apicipennis Lynch, 1884: 155 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Chacabuco; América Meridional, Setentrional).

— Fauvel, 1891: 116 ( Philonthus ; synonym of flavolimbatus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 338 ( Philonthus ; synonym of flavolimbatus ).

— Blackwelder, 1943: 412 ( Philonthus ; synonym of flavolimbatus ).

— Smetana, 1995e: 200 ( Philonthus ; synonym of flavolimbatus ).

wacoensis Casey, 1915: 430 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Texas: Waco; [Note: See lectotype designation by Smetana, 1995e]).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1368 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Smetana, 1995e: 200 ( Philonthus ; lectotype designation: Waco, Texas; synonym of flavolimbatus ).

flavoscutellatus Bernhauer, 1928 g: 110 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Belg.- Kongo: Mongende ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1342 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

flavoterminatus Wollaston, 1877 , see: peliomerus Kraatz, 1859 .

fletcheri Cameron, 1943: 129 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Kashmir: Gulmarg).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

flohri Sharp, 1876b: 429 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Mexico City; [Note: See lectotype designation by Smetana, 1991a]).

— Sharp, 1885: 398 ( Philonthus ; variety of furvus ; Mexico).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1971b: 205 ( Philonthus ; Guatemala; Mexico; El Salvador; Nicaragua).

— Smetana, 1991a: 231 ( Philonthus ; valid species; lectotype designation: Mexico City; characters; Mexico) .

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua.

flumineus Casey, 1915: 439 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Missouri: St. Louis; [Note: See lectotype designation by Smetana, 1995e]).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1342 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Smetana, 1965: 23 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; [Note: Misidentified as flumineus according to Smetana, 1995e: 405]; characters; Nova Scotia; Newfoundland).

— Smetana, 1995e: 405 ( Philonthus ; lectotype designation: St. Louis , Missouri; characters;

notes; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland; Nova Scotia; Ontario; Quebec; Alabama; Arkansas; Connecticut; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Montana; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; Ohio; Oklahoma; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; Tennessee; Texas; Vermont; Virginia; West Virginia; Wisconsin).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

fluviatilis Cameron, 1932 , see: Gabrius .

foetidus Cameron, 1932: 129 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Chakrata district: Kanasar, Chulli Khud, Bodyar, alt. 7500–8300 feet. Simla Hills, alt. 7600 feet).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1342 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1965: 107 ( Philonthus ; Burma).

— Coiffait, 1982: 31 ( Philonthus ; Nepal).

— Yadav, Chand, and Yadav, 1994: 6 ( Philonthus ; morphology of mitotic and meiotic chromosomes).

— Hayashi, 1997b: 38 ( Philonthus ; Thailand; Taiwan).

- DISTRIBUTION: India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Taiwan.

fonticola Erichson, 1840 , see: Cafius .

forcipatus Hatch, 1957 , see: Gabrius .

formaneki Roubal, 1911: 6 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Kr. Poljana).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 353 ( Philonthus ; synonym of rotundicollis ).

— Cameron, 1932: 84 ( Philonthus ; synonym of rotundicollis ).

— Gridelli, 1943: 128 ( Philonthus ; valid species; characters).

— Smetana, 1965f: 254 ( Philonthus ; notes).

— Jarrige, 1971: 494 ( Philonthus ; Iran).

- DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Russian Caucasus.

incompletus Roubal, 1911: 7 ( Philonthus ; variety of formaneki ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Kr. Poljana).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 353 ( Philonthus ; synonym of rotundicollis ).

— Cameron, 1932: 84 ( Philonthus ; aberration of rotundicollis ).

— Gridelli, 1943: 128 ( Philonthus ; variety of formaneki ).

formicarius Bernhauer, 1908d: 334 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Brasilien: Mar d’Hespanha ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 338 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

formosae Bernhauer, 1922c: 232 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Kanku, Pilam, Alikang).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Taiwan.

formosae Cameron, 1949 , see: taiwanensis Shibata, 1993 .

forsteri Scheerpeltz, 1960c: 104 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Bolivien: Songotal , Cuticucho, 3700 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Bolivia.

forsterianus Scheerpeltz, 1960c: 110 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Bolivien: Yungas de Corami , 2500 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Bolivia.

forticornis Cameron, 1937: 12 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Java: Batoerraden. G. Slamat).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

fortunatus Wollaston, 1865 , see: ventralis Gravenhorst, 1802 .

foveifrons Cameron, 1932 , see: Gabronthus .

foveifrons J. Sahlberg, 1913 [Note: Nomen nudum (Articles 1.3.4, 45.5)], see: Bisnius .

franzi Schillhammer, 1998: 111 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Medan , - O. Küste v. Sumatra).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

fraseri Cameron, 1950d: 19 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Pahang: Frazer’s Hill , 4200 feet).

- DISTRIBUTION: Malaysia.

frater Bernhauer, 1907 , see: albilabris Nordmann, 1837 .

fraternus Cameron, 1926 , see: cameroni Scheerpeltz, 1933 .

fraternus Fall, 1926 , see: quadricollis Horn, 1884 .

fraxinatus Tottenham, 1949b: 341 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Upper Senegal: Badoumbe).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mali.

freyi Bernhauer, 1939 k: 591 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: China: Tienmuschan ).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 422 ( Philonthus ; characters; China).

— Coiffait, 1974: 295 ( Philonthus ; characters; China).

— Hayashi, 1994b: 140 ( Philonthus ; Japan).

- DISTRIBUTION: China, Japan.

friebi Bernhauer, 1927 , see: Bisnius .

frigidoides Coiffait, 1963: 25 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Liban: Col de Dahr el Baïdar. Also cited from Anatolia).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 400 ( Philonthus ; characters; Lebanon; Asia Minor; Transcaucasus).

— Coiffait, 1974: 255 ( Philonthus ; characters; Lebanon; Anatolia).

— Coiffait, 1978d: 164 ( Philonthus ; Turkey).

- DISTRIBUTION: Lebanon, Turkey, Caucasus.

elytratus Coiffait, 1963: 27 ( Philonthus ; aberration of frigidoides ; [Note: Nomen nudum (Articles 1.3.4, 45.5)]; cited from Liban: Col de Dahr el Baïdar. Also cited from Anatolia).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 400 ( Philonthus ; aberration of frigidoides ; characters).

— Coiffait, 1974: 255 ( Philonthus ; variety of frigidoides ).

frigidus Märkel and Kiesenwetter, 1848a: 324 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Kärnthner Alpen).

— Hochhuth, 1851: 17 ( Philonthus ; [Note: Misidentification: Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 339 cited janthinipennis Hochhuth as a synonym of frigidus ; Hochhuth did not describe the species as new, he attributed it to Kolenati]; characters; notes).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 590 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 192 ( Philonthus ; characters; Austria).

— Fauvel, 1874: 235 [= 1874a: 461] ( Philonthus ; characters; France; Germany; Switzerland; Austria; Italy; Spain; Caucasus; Turkey).

— Fauvel, 1876a: 74 [= 1876: 259] ( Philonthus ; Italy).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 211 ( Philonthus ; characters; Austria).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1876: 408 [= 1877: 264] ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 448 ( Philonthus ; characters; middle Europe; Spain; Asia Minor; Caucasus).

— Reitter, 1909: 128 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

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

— Portevin, 1929: 361 ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

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

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

— Aleksandrov, 1934: 153 ( Philonthus ; China).

— C. Koch, 1941: 63 ( Philonthus ; Morocco).

— Smetana, 1958: 186 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; ecology; Czechoslovakia).

— Smetana, 1959: 150 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Coiffait, 1963: 24 ( Philonthus ; characters; notes; Alps).

— Lohse, 1964: 179 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; central Europe).

— Horion, 1965: 144 ( Philonthus ; Caucasus; Turkey; Lebanon; France; Switzerland; Italy; Germany; Austria; Bosnia Hercegovina; Serbia; Macedonia; Bulgaria; Romania; Urals).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 400 ( Philonthus ; characters; Alps; Massif Central).

— Raianu, 1968a: 466 ( Philonthus ; Romania).

— Coiffait, 1974: 253 ( Philonthus ; characters; Alps; Bulgaria; Greece; Caucasus).

— Pace and Zanetti, 1977: 294 ( Philonthus ; Italy).

— Tóth, 1984: 56 ( Philonthus ; characters; Hungary).

— Lucht, 1987: 104 ( Philonthus ; checklist; Germany; Austria).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 165 ( Philonthus ; characters).

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

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

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

— Assing, Frisch, Kahlen, et al., 1998: 137 ( Philonthus ; note).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Georgia, Turkey.