Xantholinus

Xantholinus is a genus of the beetle family Staphylinidae, the rove beetles. They can be found throughout the world.[1] Most are native to the Palearctic ecozone, and some have been introduced to North America.[2]

Xantholinus
Xantholinus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Staphylinidae
Subfamily:
Staphylininae
Tribe:
Xantholinini
Genus:
Xantholinus

Dejean, 1821
Species

274+

The larvae of at least some species are bioluminescent.[1]

There are about 274 species in this genus.[1]

Xantholinus glabratus

Species include:

  • Xantholinus appenninicola (Steel, 1946)
  • Xantholinus baeticus (Bordoni, 1975)
  • Xantholinus balearicus (Coiffait, 1962)
  • Xantholinus bonomettoi (Bordoni, 1972)
  • Xantholinus bordonii (Coiffait, 1970)
  • Xantholinus bulgaricus (Coiffait, 1972)
  • Xantholinus cerrutii (Coiffait, 1964)
  • Xantholinus coiffaiti (H. Franz, 1966)
  • Xantholinus colasi (Jarrige, 1941)
  • Xantholinus devillei (Coiffait, 1956)
  • Xantholinus elegans (Olivier, 1795)
  • Xantholinus euboicus (Korge, 1973)
  • Xantholinus fortepunctatus (Motschulsky, 1860)
  • Xantholinus franzi (Bordoni, 1973)
  • Xantholinus fuenteanus (Reitter, 1901)
  • Xantholinus gastraeus (Gistel, 1857)
  • Xantholinus graecus (Kraatz, 1858)
  • Xantholinus gridellii (Coiffait, 1956)
  • Xantholinus humidicola (Gistel, 1857)
  • Xantholinus ibericus (Steel, 1950)
  • Xantholinus maritimus (Reitter, 1908)
  • Xantholinus morandi (Coiffait, 1958)
  • Xantholinus nicolasi (Coiffait, 1972)
  • Xantholinus occultans (Gistel, 1857)
  • Xantholinus padus (Coiffait, 1973)
  • Xantholinus pantokratoris (Bordoni, 1975)
  • Xantholinus perezi (Outerelo, 1976)
  • Xantholinus phenicus (Coiffait, 1971)
  • Xantholinus proceroides (Coiffait, 1971)
  • Xantholinus procerus (Erichson, 1839)
  • Xantholinus quadratus (Stephens, 1833)
  • Xantholinus ruffoi (Bordoni, 1972)
  • Xantholinus rufipennis (Erichson, 1839)
  • Xantholinus rufipes (P. Lucas, 1846)
  • Xantholinus rufus (Grimmer, 1841)
  • Xantholinus sardous (Gridelli, 1947)
  • Xantholinus sidonensis (Coiffait, 1956)
  • Xantholinus sighisoarae (Bordoni, 1973)
  • Xantholinus styriacus (Grimmer, 1841)
  • Xantholinus tothi (Bordoni, 1986)
  • Xantholinus translucidus (Scriba, 1870)
  • Xantholinus vandalicus (Bordoni, 1973)
  • Xantholinus varnensis (Coiffait, 1972)
  • Xantholinus vinicolor (Ushakov, 1989)
  • Xantholinus vitalei (Bernhauer, 1943)
  • Xantholinus wrasei (Bordoni, 1989)
  • Xantholinus zalathnae (Bordoni, 1973)

References
  1. Rosa, S. P. (2010). Second record of bioluminescence in larvae of Xantholinus Dejean (Staphylinidae, Xantholinini) from Brazil. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 54(1) 147-48.
  2. Brunke, A. and C. G. Majka. (2010). The adventive genus Xantholinus Dejean (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae in North America: new records and a synthesis of distributional data. ZooKeys 65 51-61.


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