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albionicus Mannerheim, 1843 , see: Bisnius .

albipes Gravenhorst, 1802: 28 ( Staphylinus ; Type locality: Brunsvigae).

— Latreille, 1804: 316 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Germany).

— Gravenhorst, 1806: 76 ( Staphylinus ; characters).

— Gyllenhal, 1810: 327 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Sweden).

— Zetterstedt, 1828: 76 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Lapland).

— C. Sahlberg, 1830: 323 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Finland).

— Mannerheim, 1830: 29 ( Staphylinus ; Finland).

— Mannerheim, 1831: 443 ( Staphylinus ; Finland).

— Lacordaire, 1835: 405 ( Staphylinus ; characters; France).

— Zetterstedt, 1838: 64 ( Staphylinus ; characters; habitat; Lapland).

— Erichson, 1839a: 457 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

— Heer, 1839: 262 ( Philonthus ; characters; Switzerland).

— Erichson, 1840: 449 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany; Sweden; France).

— Laporte, 1840: 178 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Germany; France).

— Jacobsen, 1849: 692 ( Philonthus ; characters; Denmark).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 702 ( Philonthus ; characters; Austria).

— Hardy, 1851: 27 ( Philonthus ; notes; England).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 520 ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 585 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

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

— Thomson, 1860: 163 ( Philonthus ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Hochhuth, 1862: 57 ( Philonthus ; Russia).

— Fauvel, 1865a: 296 [= 1865b: 46] ( Philonthus ; habitat; France).

— Fauvel, 1874: 256 [= 1874a: 482] ( Philonthus ; characters; France; Turkey; Italy; Caucasus; Lake Baikal; Amur region).

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

— Seidlitz, 1875: 275 ( Philonthus ; characters; Baltic region).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1876: 415 [= 1877: 271] ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 20 ( Philonthus ; Finland).

— Fowler, 1888: 266 ( Philonthus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 449 ( Philonthus ; characters; Palaearctic region).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 113 ( Philonthus ; Tunisia).

— Poppius, 1909: 26 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Gefyrobius ; Lena Valley, Siberia).

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 328 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 400 ( Philonthus ; characters; Denmark).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1331 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

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

— V. Hansen, 1952: 59 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; Denmark).

— Smetana, 1958: 198 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; ecology; Czechoslovakia).

— Smetana, 1959: 152 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Smetana, 1963c: 296 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; Mongolia).

— Lohse, 1964: 180 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; central Europe).

— Smetana, 1965e: 174 ( Philonthus ; Mongolia).

— Horion, 1965: 146 ( Philonthus ; Siberia; Mongolia; Russia; Lapland; Scotland; widespread in central Europe; Serbia; Bosnia; Italy).

— Pototskaia, 1966: 156 ( Philonthus ; larval characters).

— Pototskaia, 1967: 57 ( Philonthus ; larval characters).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 411 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Smetana, 1967d: 206 ( Philonthus ; Mongolia).

— Raianu, 1968a: 467 ( Philonthus ; Romania).

— Szujecki, 1968a: 730 ( Philonthus ; Poland).

— Coiffait, 1974: 257 ( Philonthus ; characters; Palaearctic region).

— Smetana 1975c: 171 ( Philonthus ; Mongolia).

— Shilov, 1975a: 376 [= 1975b: 98] ( Philonthus ; Komi region of Russia).

— Shilov, 1976: 151 ( Philonthus ; Mongolia).

— Pope, 1977: 29 ( Philonthus ; Britain).

— Frank, 1982: 38 ( Philonthus ; list of parasites).

— Boller, 1983: 118 ( Philonthus ; larval characters).

— Tóth, 1984: 58 ( Philonthus ; characters; Hungary).

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

— Pilon and Zanetti, 1991: 58 ( Philonthus ; Italy).

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

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 27 ( Philonthus ; Italy).

— Kashcheev, 1999a: 58 ( Philonthus ; Kazakhstan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Tunisia, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia. simplex Marsham, 1802: 505 ( Staphylinus ; Type locality: Britain).

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

— Curtis, 1829: 25 ( Philonthus ; catalog; Britain).

— Stephens, 1832: 234 ( Philonthus ; characters; England).

— Curtis, 1836: pl. 610 ( Philonthus ; characters; Britain).

— Stephens, 1839: 396 ( Philonthus ; characters; England).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 602 ( Philonthus ; synonym of varians ).

— G. Waterhouse, 1858: 24 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

— Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 585 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 449 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 328 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

— Smetana, 1958: 199 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

— Coiffait, 1974: 257 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

microcephalus Gravenhorst, 1806: 70 ( Staphylinus ; Type locality: Parisiae).

— Erichson, 1840: 459 ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 575 ( Philonthus ).

— Fauvel, 1874: 256 [= 1874a: 482] ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

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

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 449 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 328 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1331 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

— Smetana, 1958: 199 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

— Coiffait, 1974: 257 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

hirtipennis Stephens, 1832: 221 ( Quedius ; Type locality: London ; Suffolk).

— Stephens, 1839: 391 ( Quedius ; variety of picipes ; characters; England).

— G. Waterhouse, 1858: 24 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

— Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 585 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 449 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 328 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

— Smetana, 1958: 199 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

— Coiffait, 1974: 257 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

nitescens Stephens, 1832: 222 ( Quedius ; Type locality: Norfolk: Swansea).

— Stephens, 1839: 392 ( Quedius ; characters; England).

— G. Waterhouse, 1858: 24 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

— Gemminger and Harold, 1868: 585 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 449 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 328 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

— Smetana, 1958: 199 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

— Coiffait, 1974: 257 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

alcyoneus Erichson, 1840: 476 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Sardinia).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 596 ( Philonthus ).

— Fauvel, 1874: 223 [= 1874a: 449] ( Philonthus ; characters; Corsica; Sardinia; Sicily; Algeria). — Mulsant and Rey, 1876: 490 [= 1877: 346] ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— Fauvel, 1878: 122 [= 1878a: 42] ( Philonthus ; Algeria).

— Fauvel, 1886: 54 [= 1886a: 46] ( Philonthus ; notes; Morocco; Tunisia; Algeria).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 109 ( Philonthus ; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906: 97 ( Philonthus ; Corsica).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 328 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Portevin, 1929: 363 ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1331 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1965b: 403 ( Philonthus ; Sicily).

— Scheerpeltz, 1965c: 506 ( Philonthus ; Sicily).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 425 ( Philonthus ; characters; North Africa; Sicily; Sardinia; Corsica).

— Coiffait, 1974: 206 ( Philonthus ; characters; Corsica; Sardinia).

— Maachi, 1991: 251 ( Philonthus ; Morocco).

— Aranda and Outerelo, 1991: 121 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 27 ( Philonthus ; Italy).

— Marchal and Chardonnet, 2000: 72 ( Philonthus ; Corsica).

- DISTRIBUTION: Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Spain, France, Italy, Lebanon.

intermedius Ragusa, 1891: 223 ( Philonthus ; variety of alcyoneus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Sardegna; Sicilia; Algeria).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 328 ( Philonthus ; variety of alcyoneus ).

— Peyerimhoff, 1931: 31 ( Philonthus ; subspecies of intermedius ; notes; Algeria).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1331 ( Philonthus ; synonym of ragusae ).

— Jarrige, 1958: 92 ( Philonthus ; subspecies of alcyoneus ; notes; Algeria).

— Coiffait, 1966b: 338 ( Philonthus ; subspecies of alcyoneus ; Hoggar).

devillei Chapman, 1932: 36 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Gefyrobius ; variety of alcyoneus ; Type locality: Sicile: Messine).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 427 ( Philonthus ; variety of alcyoneus ; characters).

— Coiffait, 1974: 206 ( Philonthus ; variety of alcyoneus ; Sicily).

ragusai Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1331 ( Philonthus ; cited as ragusae ; replacement name for intermedius Ragusa ).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 425 ( Philonthus ; cited as ragusae ; subspecies of alcyoneus ; characters; Sicily; North Africa; Andalousia; Lebanon).

— Coiffait, 1974: 206 ( Philonthus ;cited as ragusae ; subspecies of alcyoneus ; Sicily; Spain; Tunisia; Algeria; Morocco; Spain).

— Pace and Zanetti, 1977: 299 ( Philonthus ; cited as ragusai [Note: Correction of erroneous original spelling of a patronym for Enrico Ragusa]; subspecies of alcyoneus ; Italy).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 27 ( Philonthus ; cited as ragusai ; subspecies of alcyoneus ; Italy).

wagneri Coiffait, 1963: 23 ( Philonthus ; aberration of alcyoneus ; [Note: Nomen nudum (Articles 1.3.4, 45.5)]; cited from Corse: Guagno-les-bains).

— Coiffait, 1974: 206 ( Philonthus ; synonym of alcyoneus ).

aletes Smetana, 1967d: 200 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; Type locality: Mongolei: Chentej aimak, zwischen Somon Zenchermandal und Somon Zargaltchan, 1400 m).

— Shilov, 1976: 148 ( Philonthus ; Mongolia).

— Schillhammer, 2000: 138 ( Philonthus ; characters; Mongolia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mongolia.

algarum Sharp, 1874 , see: Cafius .

algiricus Motschulsky, 1858 , see: longicornis Stephens, 1832 .

alienus Eppelsheim, 1889 , see: Rabigus .

aliicornis Bernhauer, 1939 , see: Gabrius .

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

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 328 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1932: 107 ( Philonthus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1332 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Coiffait, 1981e: 349 ( Philonthus ; Kashmir).

— Coiffait, 1982: 28 ( Philonthus ; Nepal).

— Coiffait, 1982a: 233 ( Philonthus ; Bhutan; Nepal; India).

— Coiffait, 1984e: 373 ( Philonthus ; Nepal).

- DISTRIBUTION: India, Bhutan, Nepal.

alius Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 328 ( Philonthus ; replacement name for crassulus Sharp ). — Navarrete-Heredia, 1995: 96 ( Philonthus ; Mexico; Guatemala).

— Marquez-Luna and Navarrete Heredia, 1995: 35 ( Philonthus ; in detritus of Atta mexicana ; Mexico).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico, Guatemala.

crassulus Sharp, 1885: 396 ( Philonthus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Mexico, Las Vigas ; Guanajuato).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 328 ( Philonthus ; synonym of alius ).

allardi Levasseur, 1962: 239 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Kolwezi [Lualaba], Haut Katanga, Congo belge).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

allardianus Levasseur, 1962: 237 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Kolwezi [Lualaba], Haut Katanga, Congo belge).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

alluaudanus Jeannel and Paulian, 1945 , see: Gabronthus .

almorensis Cameron, 1932 , see: Gabrius .

alpestris Heer, 1839 , see: Quedius .

alpigradus Mulsant and Rey, 1876 , see: varians Paykull, 1789 .

alpinus Eppelsheim, 1875a: 409 ( Philonthus ; variety of albipes ; Type locality: Stilfser-Joch

in Tyrol).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 449 ( Philonthus ; synonym of albipes ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 328 ( Philonthus ; variety of albipes ).

— Donisthorpe, 1930: 96 ( Philonthus ; aberration of albipes ; characters; Britain).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1331 ( Philonthus ; variety of albipes ).

— Lohse, 1956: 89 ( Philonthus ; characters; notes).

— Smetana, 1958: 199 ( Philonthus ; aberration of albipes ).

— Smetana, 1959: 152 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— V. Hansen, 1962: 243 ( Philonthus ; Denmark).

— Palm, 1963b: 76 ( Philonthus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark).

— Lohse, 1964: 180 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; central Europe).

— Horion, 1965: 147 ( Philonthus ; Denmark; Sweden; Germany; Austria; Czechoslovakia; Poland; Romania; Italy; France; Austria; Germany).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 411 ( Philonthus ; characters; Europe).

— Coiffait, 1974: 257 ( Philonthus ; characters; Britain; mountain of Europe; Spain; France).

— Tóth, 1984: 58 ( Philonthus ; characters; Hungary).

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

— Pilon and Zanetti, 1991: 58 ( Philonthus ; Italy).

— Vorst, 1992: 101 ( Philonthus ; collecting notes; Netherlands).

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

— Hodge and Jones, 1995: 38 ( Philonthus ; characters; Britain).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 27 ( Philonthus ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

altaicus Bernhauer, 1923 , see: kiautschauensis Bernhauer, 1915 .

altaicus Coiffait, 1967 , see: politus Linné, 1758 .

alterius Cameron, 1951c: 402 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Not cited).

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

— Tottenham, 1962: 195 ( Philonthus ; notes).

— Lecoq, 1990: 200 ( Philonthus ; Mascarene Islands).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mascarene Islands, Sudan, Ghana, Senegal.

alveus Last, 1968: 369 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: New Guinea: Yentchan Sepik, Main River). — Last, 1987: 31 ( Philonthus ; Papua New Guinea).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

amabilis Kraatz, 1859 , see: Hesperus .

amamiensis Hayashi, 1993: 78 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Japan: Hatsuno, Amami Ohshima Is.). - DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

amazonicus Sharp, 1876 , see: figulus Erichson, 1840 .

ambiguus Erichson, 1840: 441 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Columbia).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 328 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Colombia.

amblyterus Olliff, 1887, see: politus Linné, 1758 .

amicus Sharp, 1874: 45 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Orakami Marsh , Nagasaki).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 328 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1332 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Watanabe and Shibata, 1972: 64 ( Philonthus ; Yaku-shima Island).

— Frank, 1982: 38 ( Philonthus ; list of parasites).

— Watanabe, 1998a: 140 ( Philonthus ; Japan).

— Watanabe, 1998b: 262 ( Philonthus ; Japan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

aminius Tottenham, 1955: 173 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Kenya: Muguga ).

— Tottenham, 1962: 222, 226 ( Philonthus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kenya.

amnicola Gistel, 1857: 62 ( Philonthus ; [Note: Nomen dubium]; Type locality: Rhaetia).

- DISTRIBUTION: “Raetia”.

amoenus Olivier, 1795 , see: cyanipennis Fabricius, 1793 .

amoenus Guérin-Méneville, 1844 , see: Phanolinus .

analis Heer, 1839 , see: Gabrius .

analis Erichson, 1840 , see: Xenopygus .

analis Fauvel, 1907 , see: trunculus Herman, 2001 .

analokus Coiffait, 1982 , see: obsoletus Eppelsheim, 1895 .

ancora Reitter, 1909: 125 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Transkaspien: Aulie-Ata).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 328 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1332 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Smetana, 1965f: 253 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 392 ( Philonthus ; characters; Transcaspian region).

— Coiffait, 1974: 277 ( Philonthus ; characters; Turkestan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kazakhstan.

andalusiacus Coiffait, 1966 , see: quisquiliarius Gyllenhal, 1810 .

andamanicus Coiffait, 1981f: 334 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: South Andaman, Port Blair, Chiriyatapu).

- DISTRIBUTION: Andaman Islands.

andrewesi Cameron, 1920a: 214 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Nilgiri Hills).

— Cameron, 1932: 77 ( Philonthus ; aberration of cinctulus ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1336 ( Philonthus ; aberration of cinctulus ).

— Schillhammer, 1999: 63 ( Philonthus ; valid species).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

anepsius Cameron, 1926b: 353 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Siwaliks; Mohan Rau).

— Cameron, 1932: 128 ( Philonthus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1332 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

angolensis Cameron, 1959: 116 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Angola: Lunda N.E.:

Riv. Tchikapa).

— Tottenham, 1962: 187 ( Philonthus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Angola.

anguinus Fauvel, 1874: 238 [= 1874a: 464] ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Hautes Pyrénées, Arrens).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1876: 422 [= 1877: 278] ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 328 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1332 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 408 ( Philonthus ; characters; Pyrenees; Maritime Alps).

— Coiffait, 1974: 285 ( Philonthus ; characters; Pyrenees; Alps).

- DISTRIBUTION: France.

angularis Erichson, 1840 , see: Paederomimus .

anguliceps Bernhauer, 1902c: 57 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Turkestan, Aulie Ata).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 328 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1332 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 393 ( Philonthus ; characters; Turkestan).

— Coiffait, 1974: 278 ( Philonthus ; characters; Turkestan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kazakhstan.

angulicollis Motschulsky, 1860 , see: politus Linné, 1758 .

angustatus Kraatz, 1859 , see: Gabronthus .

angusticollis Erichson, 1840 , see: Paederomimus .

angusticeps Bernhauer, 1933 , see: Gabrius .

angusticeps Bernhauer, 1934 , see: stenocephalus Scheerpeltz, 1972 .

annandalei Cameron, 1924 , see: maindroni Fauvel, 1903 .

antennalis Cameron, 1932 , see: distincticornis Cameron, 1932 .

antennalis Cameron, 1937 , see: antennarius Herman, 2001 .

antennarius Herman, 2001: 46 ( Philonthus ; replacement name for antennalis ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

antennalis Cameron, 1937: 7 ( Philonthus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Java:

Bandoeng Dago).

— Herman, 2001: 46 ( Philonthus ; synonym of antennarius ).

antennatus Guérin-Méneville, 1844 , see: Styngetus .

antennatus Motschulsky, 1858 , see: distinctus Gemminger and Harold, 1868 .

antennatus Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914 , see: aemulus Tottenham, 1939 .

anthracinus Lea, 1925: 222 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Western Australia: Albany ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1332 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

anthrax Gravenhorst, 1802 , see: ventralis Gravenhorst, 1802 .

antipodum Fauvel, 1877: 263 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Australie, Victoria; Queensland, Gayndah ).

— Fauvel, 1878g: 546 ( Philonthus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 328 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

aokii R. Dvořák, 1958: 135 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Japan: Nikko , Senjo-ga-hara).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

apenninus Fiori 1894 , see: gagates Mulsant and Rey, 1876 .

apheles Solsky, 1868a: 132 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Mexique).

— Sharp, 1885: 405 ( Philonthus ; characters; Mexico).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 328 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico.

apicalis Leinberg, 1900 , see: caucasicus Nordmann, 1837 .

apicetestaceus Scheerpeltz, 1960c: 106 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Bolivien: Yungas de Arepucho , Chacisacha, 1500 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Bolivia.

apicicornis Guérin-Méneville, 1830: 62 ( Staphylinus ; Type locality: Nouvelle-Guinée).

— Erichson, 1840: 931 ( Philonthus ; characters; New Guinea).

— Fauvel, 1878f: 260 ( Philonthus ; characters; Nouvelle-Guinée, Doreï).

— Fauvel, 1879: 100 ( Philonthus ; characters; Mysol; Fly River).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 329 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

apicipennis Cameron, 1932 , see: terminipennis Tottenham, 1939 .

apicipennis Lynch, 1884 , see: flavolimbatus Erichson, 1840 .

apicipunctus Lea, 1925: 223 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Queensland: Cairns ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1332 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

apiciventris Sharp, 1885 , see: Belonuchus .

approximans Sharp, 1887: 428 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui

4000 to 6000 feet).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 329 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Panama.

approximatus Hatch, 1957 , see: Gabrius .

aprilinus Gistel, 1857: 61 ( Philonthus ; [Note: Nomen dubium]; Type locality: Galliae Alpes). - DISTRIBUTION: France .

arabicus Bernhauer, 1935a: 45 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Arabien : Yemen).

— Schillhammer, 1999a: 61 ( Philonthus ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Yemen, Saudi Arabia.

buettikeri Coiffait, 1979a: 165 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Saudi Arabia: Abha-Gizan ,

km 28 Wadi ad Dilla, 700 m).

— Schillhammer, 1999a: 61 ( Philonthus ; synonym of arabicus ).

arabicus Coiffait, 1981 , see: variipennis Kraatz, 1859 .

arabiensis Herman, 2001: 46 ( Philonthus ; replacement name for thoracicus Coiffait ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Saudi Arabia.

thoracicus Coiffait, 1979a: 165 ( Paragabrius ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Saudi Arabia: Hofuf ).

— Smetana, 1995e: 51 ( Philonthus ; [Note: Paragabrius is synonymy of Philonthus ]).

— Herman, 2001: 46 ( Philonthus ; synonym of arabiensis ).

arachosicus Coiffait, 1983e: 478 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Bashgultal, 1100 m, Nuristan, Afghanistan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Afghanistan.

archangelicus Poppius, 1908: 46 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Nord-Russland, unterer Lauf

des Flusses Petschora).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 329 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1332 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 413 ( Philonthus ; characters; Russia).

— Coiffait, 1974: 292 ( Philonthus ; characters; Russia).

— Shilov, 1975a: 376 [= 1975b: 99] ( Philonthus ; Komi region of Russia).

— Boháč, 1988: 551 [= 1989: 34] ( Philonthus ; characters; Russia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia.