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harrisii Melsheimer, 1844: 35 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Pennsylvania).

— LeConte, 1850: 220 ( Philonthus ; synonym of aeneus ).

— Fauvel, 1869: 488 ( Philonthus ; synonym of aeneus ).

— Fauvel, 1874: 216 [= 1874a: 442] ( Philonthus ; synonym of aeneus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 444 ( Philonthus ; synonym of aeneus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 351 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

— Smetana, 1958: 163 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

— Smetana, 1995e: 73 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

— Schillhammer, 2000: 122 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

angulicollis Motschulsky, 1860b: 121 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Daourie et des bords du fl. Amour).

— Motschulsky, 1859: 491 ( Philonthus ; Amur River).

— Fauvel, 1874: 216 [= 1874a: 442] ( Philonthus ; synonym of aeneus ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 444 ( Philonthus ; synonym of aeneus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 351 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

— Smetana, 1958: 163 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

— Coiffait, 1974: 221 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

— Smetana, 1995e: 73 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

— Schillhammer, 2000: 122 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

amblyterus Olliff, 1887: 502 ( Cafius ; Type locality: Launceston, Hobart , Tasmania).

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

— Lea, 1925: 220 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1355 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

— Smetana, 1958: 163 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

— Coiffait, 1974: 221 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

— Smetana, 1995e: 73 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

— Schillhammer, 2000: 122 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

laeus Olliff, 1887: 503 ( Cafius ; Type locality: Sydney, New South Wales; Adelaide, South Australia; Launceston , Tasmania).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 362 ( Cafius ; catalog).

— Lea, 1925: 220 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1355 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

— Smetana, 1958: 163 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

— Coiffait, 1974: 221 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

— Smetana, 1995e: 73 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

— Schillhammer, 2000: 122 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

altaicus Coiffait, 1967d: 352 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; subspecies of politus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Tchouia, km. 511, Mejtoueryk, Altai).

— Coiffait, 1974: 221 ( Philonthus ; subspecies of politus ).

— Schillhammer, 2000: 122 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

temperei Coiffait, 1987: 497 ( Philonthus ; subspecies of politus ; replacement name for altaicus Coiffait ).

— Schillhammer, 2000: 122 ( Philonthus ; synonym of politus ).

pollux Fauvel, 1905b: 178 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Diego-Suarez; forêts au nord de

Fort Dauphin ; [Note: See lectotype designation by Lecoq , 1998]. Also cited from baie d’Antongil ; forêt de Moramanga; Tananarive ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 351 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Lecoq, 1998: 64 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Piezarthrus ; lectotype designation: Madagascar nord, Diego Suarez; characters; Madagascar).

- DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.

bidentiformis Tottenham, 1949b: 362 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Madagascar).

— Lecoq, 1998: 64 ( Philonthus ; synonym of pollux ).

ponderosus Tottenham, 1955: 165 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Spatulonthus ; Type locality: Natal: Frere. Also cited from Rhodesia).

— Tottenham, 1962: 140 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Spatulonthus ; Uganda).

- DISTRIBUTION: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Uganda.

poephagus Cameron, 1928 , see: purpuripennis Reitter, 1887 .

poppiusi Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 351 ( Philonthus ; replacement name for grandiceps Poppius ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1356 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 415 ( Philonthus ; characters; Siberia ).

— Coiffait, 1974: 293 ( Philonthus ; characters; Siberia ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia.

grandiceps Poppius, 1909: 24 ( Philonthus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Tscheljabinsk, W. Sibirien).

— Coiffait, 1974: 293 ( Philonthus ; synonym of poppiusi ).

populus Last, 1987: 27 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Papua New Guinea: New Guinea NE: S. Highlands, Dimifa, S.E. of Mount Giluwe , 2200 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

porus Tottenham, 1955: 171 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Nigeria: Ibadan ).

— Tottenham, 1962: 138 ( Philonthus ; Uganda).

- DISTRIBUTION: Nigeria, Uganda.

potakus Tottenham, 1956: 290 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Spatulonthus ; Type locality: Ruanda: Contrefort Est Muhavura, 2100 m).

— Tottenham, 1962: 140 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Spatulonthus ; Kenya).

- DISTRIBUTION: Rwanda, Kenya.

potanini Eppelsheim, 1889 , see: Bisnius .

praelongus Gemminger and Harold, 1868 , see: Neobisnius .

praetor Tottenham, 1949b: 319 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: S. Rhodesia: Bulawayo).

- DISTRIBUTION: Zimbabwe, South Africa.

upotovus Tottenham, 1962: 173 ( Philonthus ; variety of praetor ; [Note: Nomen nudum (Article 15.2)]; cited from Natal: Nqutu).

pragensis Roubal, 1948 [Note: Nomen nudum], see: corruscus Gravenhorst, 1802 . preangeranus Cameron, 1937: 6 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Java: G. Tangkoeban Prahoe, alt. 4000–5000 ft).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

prescottianus Sharp, 1887: 787 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Mexico, Amecameca in Morelos, Salazar ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 351 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico.

pressus Last, 1968: 365 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: New Guinea: Okasa, 4500 ft.).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

pretiosus Erichson, 1840 , see: Phanolinus .

primarius Last, 1987: 28 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Papua New Guinea: New Guinea NE: Mount Piora, 2800 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

princeps Bernhauer, 1902 , see: Rabigus .

prismalis Fauvel, 1891: 114 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Colonie Tovar).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 351 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela.

proselytus Herman, 2001: 47 ( Philonthus ; replacement name for tamulus Tottenham ). tamulus Tottenham, 1949b: 358 ( Philonthus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Kivu: Tshibinda).

— Herman, 2001: 47 ( Philonthus ; synonym of proselytus ).

productus Kraatz, 1859: 89 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Ceylan).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 351 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1932: 105 ( Philonthus ; characters; Ceylon; India; Malay Peninsula; S. China).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1356 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Schillhammer, 1999a: 62 ( Philonthus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Sri Lanka, India, “Malay Peninsula”, China.

sulciceps Bernhauer, 1931c: 130 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Hongkong).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1363 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Schillhammer, 1999a: 62 ( Philonthus ; synonym of productus ).

prolatus Sharp, 1874: 46 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Nagasaki).

— Matsumura, 1911: 114 ( Philonthus ; Japan).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 351 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1356 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Hayashi, 1993: 71 ( Philonthus ; characters; Japan).

— Hayashi, 1994: 126 ( Philonthus ; characters; Japan).

— Nishida, 1994: 73 ( Philonthus ; Hawaii).

— Nishida, 1997: 62 ( Philonthus ; Hawaii).

- DISTRIBUTION: Korea, Japan, Hawaii.

chonrima Hayashi, 1993: 74 ( Philonthus ; subspecies of prolatus ; Type locality: Korea: Kwangneung).

ezoensis Hayashi, 1993: 75 ( Philonthus ; subspecies of prolatus ; Type locality: Japan: Hokkaido: Yoneoka, Okushiri Is.).

prolixicornis Sharp, 1885: 424 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Guatemala, Torola ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 351 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Guatemala.

prolixus Erichson, 1840 , see: Neobisnius .

promtus Erichson, 1840 , see: longicornis Stephens, 1832 .

propinquus Sharp, 1876 , see: Paederomimus .

propinquus Cameron, 1933 , see: Gabrius .

propinquus Kirshenblat, 1950 , see: Bisnius .

proportionalis Schubert, 1909: 293 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: südöstliches Mexico, Gegend von Jalapa, nördlich vom Pic d’Orizaba).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 351 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico.

protenus Schubert, 1906a: 382 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Kashmir, Songam).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 351 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1932: 95 ( Philonthus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1356 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1976: 35 ( Philonthus ; Nepal).

— Coiffait, 1982: 29 ( Philonthus ; Nepal).

— Schillhammer, 1991: 54 ( Philonthus ; characters; notes).

- DISTRIBUTION: India, Nepal, China.

signifrons Schubert, 1908: 618 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Kulu, Himalaya, ca. 2000 m).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 355 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1932: 106 ( Philonthus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1361 ( Philonthus ; catalog).