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Philonthus in languages:

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Silkurid

Finnish

mantukuntikkaat

Korean

좀반날개속

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Parent Taxon

• Staphylinidae

Sibling Taxa

• Actinus
• Belonuchus
• Bisnius
• Cafius
• Chroaptomus
• Endeius
• Erichsonius
• Flohria
• Gabrius
• Gabronthus
• Hasumius
• Hesperus
• Jurecekia
• Laetulonthus
• Leptopeltus
• Leucitus
• Musicoderus
• Mysolius
• Neobisnius
• Orthidus
• Paederomimus
• Philonthoblerius
• Philonthus
• Proxenobius
• Rabigus
• Remus
• Taxiplagus
• Thinocafius
• Trapeziderus
• Trapeziderus imitator
• Trapeziderus koreanus

Child Taxa

• Philonthus abnormalis
• Philonthus accedens
• Philonthus actocharis
• Philonthus addendus
• Philonthus aeneipennis
• Philonthus aenescens
• Philonthus aequalis
• Philonthus albipes
• Philonthus alius
• Philonthus alpinus
• Philonthus alumnus
• Philonthus alutaceus
• Philonthus apheles
• Philonthus arizonensis
• Philonthus asper
• Philonthus atratus
• Philonthus atricolor
• Philonthus aurulentus
• Philonthus binotatus
• Philonthus biskrensis
• Philonthus blossius
• Philonthus boreas
• Philonthus brunneus
• Philonthus burrowsi
• Philonthus busiris
• Philonthus caeruleipennis
• Philonthus caerulescens
• Philonthus carbonarius
• Philonthus carinulatus
• Philonthus castaneus
• Philonthus caucasicus
• Philonthus caurinus
• Philonthus cautus
• Philonthus celatus
• Philonthus centralis
• Philonthus cephalotes
• Philonthus cerambus
• Philonthus chalceus
• Philonthus cinctipennis
• Philonthus circumductus
• Philonthus cochleatus
• Philonthus cognatus
• Philonthus concinnus
• Philonthus confinis
• Philonthus convalescens
• Philonthus coprophilus
• Philonthus corruscus
• Philonthus coruscus
• Philonthus corvinus
• Philonthus couleensis
• Philonthus crinitus
• Philonthus crotchi
• Philonthus cruentatus
• Philonthus cunctans
• Philonthus cyanipennis
• Philonthus dampfi
• Philonthus davus
• Philonthus debilis
• Philonthus decorus
• Philonthus dimidiatipennis
• Philonthus dimidiatus
• Philonthus discedens
• Philonthus discoideus
• Philonthus discretus
• Philonthus distans
• Philonthus duplicatus
• Philonthus duploseriatus
• Philonthus ebeninus
• Philonthus ephippius
• Philonthus eryx
• Philonthus fenyesi
• Philonthus feralis
• Philonthus ferreipenis
• Philonthus ferreipennis
• Philonthus fibularius
• Philonthus figulus
• Philonthus fimetarius
• Philonthus flavibasis
• Philonthus flavipes
• Philonthus flavolimbatus
• Philonthus flohri
• Philonthus flumineus
• Philonthus fulcinius
• Philonthus fumarius
• Philonthus furcifer
• Philonthus furvus
• Philonthus fuscatus
• Philonthus fusiformis
• Philonthus gaudens
• Philonthus gentilis
• Philonthus gopheri
• Philonthus gracilior
• Philonthus grandicollis
• Philonthus guerreroensis
• Philonthus hepaticus
• Philonthus heteropus
• Philonthus hirtiventris
• Philonthus hoegei
• Philonthus hudsonicus
• Philonthus hyperboreus
• Philonthus incertus
• Philonthus infirmus
• Philonthus innocuus
• Philonthus insularis
• Philonthus intermedius
• Philonthus irakoiranicus
• Philonthus iris
• Philonthus iteratus
• Philonthus jalapensis
• Philonthus janus
• Philonthus japonicus
• Philonthus jurgans
• Philonthus kaszabi
• Philonthus lacustrinus
• Philonthus laetipennis
• Philonthus laevicollis
• Philonthus laeviventris
• Philonthus laminatus
• Philonthus lecontei
• Philonthus leechensis
• Philonthus lepidus
• Philonthus lindrothi
• Philonthus lomatus
• Philonthus longicornis
• Philonthus macilentus
• Philonthus mannerheimi
• Philonthus marginatus
• Philonthus marginipennis
• Philonthus melampus
• Philonthus melancholicus
• Philonthus melanopus
• Philonthus micans
• Philonthus micantoides
• Philonthus misellus
• Philonthus mnemon
• Philonthus monaeses
• Philonthus montivagus
• Philonthus morosus
• Philonthus neonatus
• Philonthus nigerrimus
• Philonthus nigrita
• Philonthus nimbicola
• Philonthus nitidicollis
• Philonthus nitidus
• Philonthus nudus
• Philonthus nugax
• Philonthus occidentalis
• Philonthus ochromerus
• Philonthus oenotrus
• Philonthus ohianensis
• Philonthus opacipennis
• Philonthus optatus
• Philonthus ovaticeps
• Philonthus paederoides
• Philonthus palliatus
• Philonthus palmatus
• Philonthus parvicornis
• Philonthus pauxillus
• Philonthus peratriceps
• Philonthus perversus
• Philonthus pettiti
• Philonthus piceatus
• Philonthus politus
• Philonthus prescottianus
• Philonthus proportionalis
• Philonthus pseudolodes
• Philonthus pseudovarians
• Philonthus puberulus
• Philonthus pubes
• Philonthus punctifer
• Philonthus punctus
• Philonthus pyropterus
• Philonthus quadricollis
• Philonthus quadrulus
• Philonthus quisquiliarius
• Philonthus rectangulus
• Philonthus rectilaterus
• Philonthus rotundicollis
• Philonthus rubripennis
• Philonthus rufimanus
• Philonthus rufipes
• Philonthus rufiventris
• Philonthus rufoplagiatus
• Philonthus rufulus
• Philonthus rusticus
• Philonthus salinus
• Philonthus sallaei
• Philonthus sanguinolentus
• Philonthus schwarzi
• Philonthus scintillatus
• Philonthus semicyaneus
• Philonthus semiruber
• Philonthus sericans
• Philonthus sericinus
• Philonthus serpens
• Philonthus sessor
• Philonthus siegwaldii
• Philonthus silvestris
• Philonthus sinuatocollis
• Philonthus solitarius
• Philonthus sordidus
• Philonthus speculicollis
• Philonthus sphagnorum
• Philonthus spiniformis
• Philonthus spinipes
• Philonthus splendens
• Philonthus stictus
• Philonthus subvirescens
• Philonthus succicola
• Philonthus suspectus
• Philonthus tachiniformis
• Philonthus tardus
• Philonthus temporalis
• Philonthus tenuicornis
• Philonthus testaceipennis
• Philonthus testudo
• Philonthus thoracicus
• Philonthus triangulum
• Philonthus turbidus
• Philonthus turbo
• Philonthus umbratilis
• Philonthus umbratus
• Philonthus umbrinoides
• Philonthus umbrinus
• Philonthus vagepunctatus
• Philonthus validus
• Philonthus varians
• Philonthus variipennis
• Philonthus varro
• Philonthus velatipennis
• Philonthus ventralis
• Philonthus viridipennis
• Philonthus vulgatus
• Philonthus wuesthoffi

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