Philonthus niger, O. Muller, 1764

Herman, Taphylininae Iochini Aorothiini Thiini Latyprosopini Taphylinini Mblyopinina Nisolinina Yptiomina Hilonthina Lee H., 2001, Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the End of the Second Millennium. V. Staphylinine Group (Part 2) Staphylininae: Diochini, Maorothiini, Othiini, Platyprosopini, Staphylinini (Amblyopinina, Anisolinina, Hyptiomina, Philonthina), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2001 (265), pp. 2441-3020 : 2441-3020

niger O. Müller, 1764 , see: splendens Fabricius, 1793 .

nigerrimus Erichson, 1840: 434 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Mexico; [ Note : See lectotype designation by Smetana, 1991a]).

— Sharp, 1885: 398 ( Philonthus ; notes; Mexico).

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

— Smetana, 1991a: 234 ( Philonthus ; lectotype designation: Mexico; characters; Mexico) .

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico.

nigrus Coiffait, 1974 [Note: Nomen nudum], see: oberti Eppelsheim, 1889 .

nigriceps Gemminger and Harold, 1868 , see: Erichsonius .

nigriceps Eppelsheim, 1885: 112 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Rabigus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Goldküste: Adda).

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

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

— Cameron, 1952e: 831 ( Philonthus ; Dahomey).

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

— Levasseur, 1966a: 1214 ( Philonthus ; Senegal; Upper Volta; Ivory Coast; Congo).

— Herman, 2001: 47 ( Philonthus ; although a junior primary homonym, prevailing use as valid maintained pending outcome of application to Commission under Article 23.9.5).

- DISTRIBUTION: Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Congo. nigricollis Gernhardt, 1908 , see: Rabigus .

nigricolor Cameron, 1942b: 328 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Chyulu Hills, altitude 5600 feet). - DISTRIBUTION: Kenya.

nigricoxis Cameron, 1928c: 564 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Sikkim: Karponang, 10,000 feet. Tibet: Tuna , 14,500 feet).

— Cameron, 1932: 129 ( Philonthus ; characters; Tibet; India).

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

— Coiffait, 1982: 30 ( Philonthus ; Nepal).

— Coiffait, 1983: 273 ( Philonthus ; Kashmir).

- DISTRIBUTION: India, Nepal, China.

nigrinus Boheman, 1858: 30 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Promontorium Bonae Spei).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1974: 149 ( Philonthus ; Basutoland; South West Africa; South Africa).

- DISTRIBUTION: Lesotho, South Africa, Namibia.

nigripennis Outerelo, 1976 [Note: Nomen nudum], see: rubripennis Stephens, 1832 . nigripes Cameron, 1932a: 141 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Selangor: The Gap).

— Cameron, 1933b: 345 ( Philonthus ; British North Borneo).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Borneo, Indonesia.

nigrita Gravenhorst, 1806: 68 ( Staphylinus ; Type locality: Not cited).

— Gyllenhal, 1810: 345 ( Staphylinus ; synonym of virgo Gravenhorst ).

— Nordmann, 1837: 101 ( Philonthus ; Germany).

— Erichson, 1839a: 471 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

— Heer, 1839: 269 ( Philonthus ; characters; Switzerland).

— Stephens, 1839: 398 ( Philonthus ; characters; England).

— Erichson, 1840: 481 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany; Sweden).

— Kiesenwetter, 1848a: 19 ( Philonthus ; characters; Sweden; Germany; France; Switzerland).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 825 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Kiesenwetter, 1851a: 417 ( Philonthus ; France).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 526 ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 611 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

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

— Thomson, 1860: 165 ( Philonthus ; characters; Scandinavia). — Redtenbacher, 1874: 217 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

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

— Mulsant and Rey, 1876: 496 [= 1877: 352] ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 21 ( Philonthus ; Finland).

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

— Eppelsheim, 1892: 334 ( Philonthus ; Turkmenistan; Turkestan).

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

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906: 99 ( Philonthus ; Corsica).

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

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

— Johansen, 1914: 412 ( Philonthus ; characters; Denmark).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

— Smetana, 1964d: 76 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; notes; Czechoslovakia).

— Horion, 1965: 172 ( Philonthus ; Scotland; North Cape; Lapland; Holland; Belgium; France; Switzerland to Czechoslovakia; Poland and Russia; Portugal; Spain; Balearics; Corsica; Sicily; Italy; Austria; Germany).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 431 ( Philonthus ; characters; Europe; Caucasus; Siberia ).

— Szujecki, 1968a: 731 ( Philonthus ; Poland).

— Korge, 1971a: 7 ( Philonthus ; Turkey).

— Coiffait, 1974: 274 ( Philonthus ; characters; Europe; Britain; Scandinavia; Caucasus; Siberia ). — Pope, 1977: 29 ( Philonthus ; Britain).

— Frank, 1982: 42 ( Philonthus ; list of parasites).

— Hinton, 1981: 661 ( Philonthus ; characters of egg).

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

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

— Pilon and Zanetti, 1991: 60 ( Philonthus ; Italy).

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

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

— Sterrenburg and Schülke, 1997: 18 ( Philonthus ; Netherlands).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Caucasus, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. nigritoides Smetana, 1964, see: crotchi Horn, 1884 .

nigrituloides Cameron, 1932 , see: Gabrius .

nigritus Runde, 1835 , see: succicola Thomson, 1860 .

nigriventris Thomson, 1867 , see: Bisnius .

nigroaeneus Stephens, 1832 , see: carbonarius Gravenhorst, 1802 .

nigrocinctus Bernhauer, 1915d: 142 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Abessinien: Kunhe ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1353 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia.

nigrolineatus Bernhauer, 1913 , see: virgatus Sharp, 1889 .

nigrolucens Cameron, 1937: 9 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Java: G. Tangkoeban Prahoe,

alt. 4000–5000 ft).