Ontholestes

Ontholestes is a genus of large rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 20 described species in Ontholestes.[1][2][3][4]

Ontholestes cingulatus

Ontholestes
Ontholestes cingulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Staphylinidae
Subtribe:	Staphylinina
Genus:	Ontholestes Ganglbauer, 1895

Species

These 21 species belong to the genus Ontholestes:

• Ontholestes asiaticus Smetana,1959 ^{c g}
• Ontholestes aurosparsus Fauvel,1895 ^{c g}
• Ontholestes callistus Hochhuth,2012 ^{c g}
• Ontholestes cingulatus (Gravenhorst, 1802) ^{g b} (gold-and-brown rove beetle)
• Ontholestes gracilis Sharp,1874 ^{c g}
• Ontholestes hairaerensis Li & Chen,1993 ^{c g}
• Ontholestes haroldi (Eppelsheim, 1884) ^g
• Ontholestes hayashii Li,1992 ^{c g}
• Ontholestes inauratus Mannerheim,1830 ^{c g}
• Ontholestes marginalis (Gené, 1836) ^g
• Ontholestes murinus Linnaeus,1758 ^{c g}
• Ontholestes napoensis Zhuo Yang, Hong-Zhang Zhou,2012 ^{c g}
• Ontholestes oculatus Sharp,1874 ^{c g}
• Ontholestes orientalis Bernhauer,1906 ^{c g}
• Ontholestes paramurinus Li & Chen,1993 ^{c g}
• Ontholestes proximus Kirshenblat,1936 ^{c g}
• Ontholestes rosti Bernhauer,ms ^c
• Ontholestes simulator Kirshenblat,1936 ^{c g}
• Ontholestes tenuicornis Kraatz,1859 ^{c g}
• Ontholestes tessellatus Geoffroy,1785 ^{c g}
• Ontholestes xinqiaoensis Zhuo Yang, Hong-Zhang Zhou,2012 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[5] c = Catalogue of Life,[1] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]

References

1. "Browse Ontholestes". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
2. "Ontholestes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
3. "Ontholestes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
4. "Ontholestes Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
5. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-06.

Further reading

• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
• Brunke, A.; Marshall, S. (2011). "Contributions to the faunistics and bionomics of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in northeastern North America: discoveries made through study of the University of Guelph Insect Collection, Ontario, Canada". ZooKeys (75): 29–68. doi:10.3897/zookeys.75.767. PMC 3088045. PMID 21594139.
• Frank, J.H.; Ahn, K.J. (2011). "Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history". ZooKeys (107): 1–98. doi:10.3897/zookeys.107.1651. PMC 3392188. PMID 22792029.
• Klimaszewski, J.; McLean, J.; Chandler, D.; Savard, K.; et al. (2009). "Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 2". ZooKeys (22): 19–33. doi:10.3897/zookeys.22.177.
• Klimaszewski, J.; McLean, J.; Li, A.; Savard, K. (2009). "Survey of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with new records and description of a new species. Part 1". ZooKeys (22): 5–17. doi:10.3897/zookeys.22.86.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
• Mazur, Slawomir (2004). Lobl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Histeroidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. pp. 68–102. ISBN 87-88757-74-9.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.

External links

• Media related to Ontholestes at Wikimedia Commons