Philonthus samoensis, Bernhauer, 1922

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samoensis Bernhauer, 1922 , see: quisquiliarius Gyllenhal, 1810 .

sanamus Tottenham, 1955: 163 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Spatulonthus ; replacement name for nitidicollis Klug. Also cited from South Africa and Rhodesia).

— Tottenham, 1956: 227 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Spatulonthus ; Ruanda).

— Byrne, 1993 ( Philonthus ; egg, larval, pupal, and adult characters; South Africa).

— Herman, 2001: 27 ( Philonthus ; synonymy).

- DISTRIBUTION: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Rwanda.

nitidicollis Klug, 1855: 644 ( Philonthus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Mossambique: Sena).

— Fauvel, 1891: 115 ( Philonthus ; synonym of longicornis ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 348 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

placatus Tottenham, 1955: 163 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Spatulonthus ; form of sanamus ; Type locality: Not cited).

klugi Bordoni, 1984: 344 ( Philonthus ; replacement name for nitidicollis Klug ).

— Herman, 2001: 27 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanamus ).

sanguineus Fauvel, 1907: 46 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Meru ; Ikutha; Natal; Senegal;

Sierra Leone; Congo).

— Eichelbaum, 1913: 130 ( Philonthus ; Tanzania).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 354 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Bernhauer, 1915n: 319 ( Philonthus ; German Southwest Africa).

— Tottenham, 1949b: 347 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Cameron, 1952e: 832 ( Philonthus ; Dahomey).

— Tottenham, 1961: 204, 209 ( Philonthus ; notes; Senegal).

— Tottenham, 1962: 139 ( Philonthus ; Tanganyika).

— Scheerpeltz, 1974c: 24 ( Philonthus ; Sudan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Senegal, Sierra Leone, Benin, Congo, Sudan, Tanzania. sanguinicollis Fauvel, 1877 , see: subcingulatus W. J. MacLeay, 1873 .

sanguinipennis Quedenfeldt, 1882: 182 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Marocco: flumen Tenfift prope urbem Marocco; Urica in monte Atlante).

— Quedenfeldt, 1884: 373 ( Philonthus ; characters; Morocco).

— Fauvel, 1886: 55 [= 1886a: 47] ( Philonthus ; notes; Morocco).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 110 ( Philonthus ; Morocco; Algeria).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 354 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1359 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 417 ( Philonthus ; characters; Morocco; Algeria).

— Coiffait, 1974: 216 ( Philonthus ; characters; Algeria; Morocco).

— Maachi, 1991: 250 ( Philonthus ; Morocco).

- DISTRIBUTION: Morocco, Algeria.

sanguinipennis Reitter, 1898 , see: eriwanensis Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914 . sanguinithorax Scheerpeltz, 1965: 211 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Burma: Rangoon).

- DISTRIBUTION: Myanmar.

sanguinolentus Gravenhorst, 1802: 36 ( Staphylinus ; Type locality: Not cited, but presumably Brunsvigae; [Note: See lectotype designation by Smetana, 1995e]).

— Latreille, 1804: 320 ( Staphylinus ; characters; France; Germany).

— Gravenhorst, 1806: 64 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Germany; France).

— Gyllenhal, 1810: 338 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Sweden).

— Curtis, 1829: 26 ( Philonthus ; catalog; Britain).

— C. Sahlberg, 1830: 326 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Finland).

— Mannerheim, 1830: 30 ( Staphylinus ; Finland; Sweden).

— Mannerheim, 1831: 444 ( Staphylinus ; Finland; Sweden).

— Lacordaire, 1835: 399 ( Staphylinus ; characters; France).

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

— Nordmann, 1837: 97 ( Philonthus ; Europe).

— Holme, 1837: 63 ( Philonthus ; Scilly Islands).

— Erichson, 1839a: 464 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

— Heer, 1839: 265 ( Philonthus ; characters; Switzerland).

— Stephens, 1839: 398 ( Philonthus ; characters; England).

— Erichson, 1840: 467 ( Philonthus ; characters; Europe).

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

— Jacobsen, 1849: 698 ( Philonthus ; characters; Denmark).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 704 ( Philonthus ; characters; Austria).

— Küster, 1854: 8 ( Philonthus ; characters; Europe).

— Hardy, 1851: 29 ( Philonthus ; notes; England).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 525 ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 600 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 194 ( Philonthus ; characters; Austria).

— Thomson, 1860: 161 ( Philonthus ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Fauvel, 1874: 225 [= 1874a: 451] ( Philonthus ; characters; France; Algeria).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 213 ( Philonthus ; characters; Austria).

— Seidlitz, 1875: 276 ( Philonthus ; characters; Baltic region).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1876: 464 [= 1877: 320] ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 19 ( Philonthus ; Finland).

— Fauvel, 1878: 123 [= 1878a: 43] ( Philonthus ; Algeria).

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

— Fowler, 1888: 272 ( Philonthus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 452 ( Philonthus ; characters; Europe; Mediterranean region).

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

— Reitter, 1909: 129 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 354 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 407 ( Philonthus ; characters; Denmark).

— Portevin, 1929: 362 ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1359 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Wüsthoff, 1934: 60 ( Philonthus ; illustration of aedeagus).

— Paulian, 1941: 227 ( Philonthus ; larval characters).

— V. Hansen, 1952: 66 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; Denmark).

— Smetana, 1958: 177 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; ecology; Czechoslovakia).

— Smetana, 1959: 155 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Palm, 1963b: 83 ( Philonthus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Lohse, 1964: 181 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; central Europe).

— Horion, 1965: 153 ( Philonthus ; Algeria; Siberia ; Scotland; Lapland; Russia; Spain; Sardinia; Italy; Bosnia; Croatia; Germany; Austria).

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

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

— Coiffait, 1967a: 417 ( Philonthus ; characters; Siberia ).

— Raianu, 1968a: 464 ( Philonthus ; Romania).

— Szujecki, 1968a: 729 ( Philonthus ; Poland).

— Coiffait, 1974: 208 ( Philonthus ; characters; Europe; Britain; Scandinavia; Siberia ; Armenia; north Africa).

— Pace and Zanetti, 1977: 292 ( Philonthus ; Italy).

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

— Hinton, 1981: 661 ( Philonthus ; characters of egg).

— Frank, 1982: 43 ( Philonthus ; list of parasites).

— Tóth, 1984: 65 ( Philonthus ; characters; Hungary).

— Lucht, 1987: 105 ( Philonthus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; France; Benelux; Denmark; Sweden). — Smetana, 1993b: 48 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; Czech Republic; Slovakia). — Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 28 ( Philonthus ; Italy). — Smetana, 1995e: 251 ( Philonthus ; lectotype designation; characters; British Columbia; Idaho; Oregon; Washington). — Kashcheev, 1999a: 57 ( Philonthus ; Kazakhstan). - DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Europe, Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Canada, USA.

contaminatus Gravenhorst, 1802: 174 ( Staphylinus ; Type locality: Brunsvigae; [Note: See lectotype designation by Smetana, 1995e]). — Latreille, 1804: 325 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Germany). — Gravenhorst, 1806: 64 ( Staphylinus ; variety of sanguinolentus Gravenhorst ). — Runde, 1835: 9 ( Staphylinus ; characters; Germany). — Erichson, 1840: 467 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanguinolentus ). — Redtenbacher, 1849: 704 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanguinolentus ). — Küster, 1854: 8 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanguinolentus ). — Kraatz, 1857d: 600 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanguinolentus ). — Fauvel, 1869: 489 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanguinolentus ). — Fauvel, 1874: 226 [= 1874a: 452] ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanguinolentus ). — Ganglbauer, 1895: 452 ( Philonthus ; aberration of sanguinolentus ). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 354 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanguinolentus ). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1359 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanguinolentus ). — Smetana, 1958: 178 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanguinolentus ). — Coiffait, 1974: 209 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanguinolentus ). — Smetana, 1995e: 251 ( Philonthus ; lectotype designation; synonym of sanguinolentus ).

aciculatus Stephens, 1832: 238 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: London). — Curtis, 1836: pl. 610 ( Philonthus ; characters; Britain). — Stephens, 1839: 397 ( Philonthus ; characters; England). — Hardy, 1851: 29 ( Philonthus ; synonym of varians ). — G. Waterhouse, 1858: 25 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanguinolentus ). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 354 ( Philonthus ; aberration of sanguinolentus ). — Tottenham, 1937a: 190 ( Philonthus ; according to the description by Stephens the species may have been varians but the specimens labelled as types in the collection are sanguinolentus ). — Smetana, 1958: 178 ( Philonthus ; aberration of sanguinolentus ). — Smetana, 1959: 155 ( Philonthus ; aberration of sanguinolentus ; characters). — Coiffait, 1967a: 417 ( Philonthus ; aberration of sanguinolentus ; characters). — Coiffait, 1974: 209 ( Philonthus ; variety of sanguinolentus ). — Pope, 1977: 29 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanguinolentus ). — Smetana, 1995e: 251 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanguinolentus ). — Hodge and Jones, 1995: 40 ( Philonthus ; aberration of sanguinolentus ; characters; Britain).

unicolor Seidlitz, 1875: 276 ( Philonthus ; variety of sanguinolentus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Not cited). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 354 ( Philonthus ; aberration of sanguinolentus ). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1359 ( Philonthus ; aberration of sanguinolentus ). — Smetana, 1958: 178 ( Philonthus ; aberration of sanguinolentus ). — Smetana, 1959: 155 ( Philonthus ; aberration of sanguinolentus ; characters). — Coiffait, 1967a: 417 ( Philonthus ; aberration of sanguinolentus ; characters). — Coiffait, 1974: 209 ( Philonthus ; variety of sanguinolentus ). — Tóth, 1984: 65 ( Philonthus ; aberration of sanguinolentus ). — Smetana, 1995e: 251 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanguinolentus ).

ater Ragusa, 1892: 167 ( Philonthus ; variety of sanguinolentus ; Type locality: Sicilia: Palermo). — Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 354 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanguinolentus ). — Smetana, 1958: 178 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanguinolentus ). — Coiffait, 1974: 209 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanguinolentus ).

— Smetana, 1995e: 252 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanguinolentus ). suturamonus Tottenham, 1939a: 201 ( Philonthus ; aberration of sanguinolentus ; [Note: Nomen nudum (Articles 1.3.4, 45.5)]; cited from England: Bagley Wood).

— Smetana, 1959: 155 ( Philonthus ; aberration of sanguinolentus ; characters).

— Smetana, 1958: 178 ( Philonthus ; aberration of sanguinolentus ).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 417 ( Philonthus ; aberration of sanguinolentus ; characters).

— Coiffait, 1974: 209 ( Philonthus ; variety of sanguinolentus ).

— Pope, 1977: 29 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanguinolentus ).

— Smetana, 1995e: 252 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sanguinolentus ).

— Hodge and Jones, 1995: 40 ( Philonthus ; aberration of sanguinolentus ; characters; Britain). sanguinosus Fauvel, 1889b: 265 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Marais de l’Anse Vata).

— Fauvel, 1903d: 271 ( Philonthus ; synonym of thermarum ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 354 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Caledonia.

saphyreus Schillhammer, 2000: 149 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: China: Sichuan: Daxue Shan, Hailuogou Glacier Park [Gongga Shan] Camp, 2100 m, 29.38N, 102.04E).

- DISTRIBUTION: China.

sarawakensis Bernhauer, 1915f: 141 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Sarawak: Mt. Matang ,

1000 Fuss).

— Cameron, 1930b: 162 ( Philonthus ; British North Borneo).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1360 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1937: 5 ( Philonthus ; Java).

- DISTRIBUTION: Borneo, Indonesia.

satanus Cameron, 1942b: 327 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Chyulu Hills, altitude 5200 feet).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kenya.

saxatilis Schrank, 1781 , see: nitidus Fabricius, 1787 .

scansor Gistel, 1857: 70 ( Philonthus ; [Note: Nomen dubium]; Type locality: Tyrolis).

- DISTRIBUTION: Austria.

schaeuffelei Scheerpeltz, 1961: 25 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Iran: Khuzistan , Shadegan).

— Coiffait, 1974: 296 ( Philonthus ; cited as schaeuffeli; characters; Iran).

— Coiffait, 1981b: 236 ( Philonthus ; cited as schaeuffeli; Saudi Arabia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Iran, Saudi Arabia.

schawalleri Coiffait, 1982: 62 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Inde: Cachemire , Sonamarg, Himalaya-Hauptkette, 3000 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

schoutedeni Bernhauer, 1928 g: 115 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Belgisch-Kongo: Mongende). — Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1360 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Tottenham, 1949b: 300 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthoblerius ; characters; Belgian Congo). - DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

schroederi Eichelbaum, 1912: 174 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Parehberge, 1100 m).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1360 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Tanzania.

schwarzi Horn, 1884: 201 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Cambridge, Massachusetts; [Note: See lectotype designation by Smetana, 1995e]. Originally cited from Massachusetts; Detroit).

— Blatchley, 1910: 385 ( Philonthus ; characters; Indiana).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 354 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Smetana, 1995e: 421 ( Philonthus ; lectotype designation: Cambr. [presumably Cambridge , Massachusetts]; characters; notes; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Ontario; Quebec; Colorado; Connecticut; Illinois; Indiana; Maine; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Montana; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; Pennsylvania; Vermont; Wisconsin) .

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 379 ( Philonthus ; characters; USA).

semiruber Horn, 1884: 187 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: California; Arizona).

— Fall and Cockerell, 1907: 166 ( Philonthus ; New Mexico).

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

— Smetana, 1995e: 109 ( Philonthus ; characters; Alberta; Arizona; California; Colorado; Kansas; Nebraska; New Mexico; Oklahoma; Oklahoma; South Dakota; Texas; Utah).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

semunciarius Tottenham, 1940a: 20 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Costa Rica: El Congo, 750 m). - DISTRIBUTION: Costa Rica.

senegalensis Bernhauer, 1937a: 300 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Haut Senegal: Bodoumbé).

— Tottenham, 1962: 215 ( Philonthus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mali.

senium Smetana, 1995e: 413 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Massachusetts: Tyngs. Also cited from Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA.

separatus Cameron, 1950 g: 38 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Gabrius ; Type locality: Belgian Congo: lac N’Gando, pied volc. Karisimbi, alt. 2400 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

sepilibilis Tottenham, 1949b: 339 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Congo Region ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

septempunctatus Cameron, 1930 , see: Gabrius .

septempunctatus Tikhomirova, 1973 , see: kiautschauensis Bernhauer, 1916 .

septentrionis Fall, 1926 , see: subvirescens Thomson, 1884 .

septentrionum Eppelsheim, 1893: 50 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Ost-Sibirien, in der Nähe von Irkutsk, von Tunka bis Munku-Sardik im Sajan’schen Gebirge ).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1360 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

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

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

— Coiffait, 1967a: 398 ( Philonthus ; characters; central Asia).

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

— Coiffait, 1974: 280 ( Philonthus ; characters; central Asia; Baikal region; Mongolia).

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

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia, Mongolia.

sequens Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 355 ( Philonthus ; replacement name for imitator Fauvel ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1360 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Bernhauer and Chapman, 1939: 67 ( Philonthus ; Kenya).

— Tottenham, 1949b: 333 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Tottenham, 1962: 222, 225 ( Philonthus ; specimens of the syntypic series from the Cape are a differenct species, probably biguttulus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa?.

imitator Fauvel, 1907: 44 ( Philonthus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Abyssinie; Cap ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1360 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sequens ).

— Tottenham, 1962: 225 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sequens ).

serenus Herman, 2001: 48 ( Philonthus ; replacement name for parvicornis Fauvel ).

- DISTRIBUTION: “Lake Victoria region”, South Africa.

parvicornis Fauvel, 1907: 40 ( Philonthus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Victoria Nyanza: ile de Lusinga; Transvaal, Hamman’skraal).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 349 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Tottenham, 1949b: 328 ( Philonthus ; characters). sericeicollis Fauvel, 1878f: 266 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Nouvelle-Guinée, Andai;

Iles Arou, Wokan; Borneo).

— Fauvel, 1879: 103 ( Philonthus ; Mysol; Ternate).

— Duvivier, 1883: 148 ( Philonthus ; cited as sericcicollis; catalog).

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

— Bernhauer, 1926f: 317 ( Philonthus ; Buru).

— Cameron, 1931: 363 ( Philonthus ; New Guinea).

— Last, 1987: 32 ( Philonthus ; New Ireland; New Britain).

- DISTRIBUTION: Borneo, Indonesia, New Guinea, New Ireland, New Britain. sericeiventris Eppelsheim, 1895 , see: morio Boheman, 1848 .

sericeus Stephens, 1832: 231 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: London).

— Stephens, 1839: 395 ( Philonthus ; characters; England).

- DISTRIBUTION: Britain.

sericinus Horn, 1884: 182 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Canada; Pennsylvania ; Texas).

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

— Smetana, 1995e: 126 ( Philonthus ; characters; Ontario; Quebec; Arkansas; Connecticut; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; Minnesota; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Vermont; Virginia; Wisconsin).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 376 ( Philonthus ; characters; USA).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

sericoilius Cameron, 1920 , see: Quediosoma .

serpens Sharp, 1885: 422 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Guatemala, San Geronimo, Torola; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 4000 to 6000 feet; Peña Blanca 3000 to 4000 feet).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Guatemala, Panama.

serpentinus Horn, 1884 , see: Hesperus .

serraticornis Bernhauer, 1908 , see: aemulus Tottenham, 1939 .

serraticornis Sharp, 1876: 179 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Ega).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

servilis Cameron, 1932: 431 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Waziristan).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1360 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan.

sessor Smetana, 1965: 58 ( Philonthus ; replacement name for sagax Smetana ).

— Smetana, 1995e: 361 ( Philonthus ; characters; notes; New Brunswick; Ontario; Quebec; Iowa; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; Pennsylvania; Vermont; Wisconsin). - DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA .

sagax Smetana, 1963a: 1 ( Philonthus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: New Jersey. Also cited from Massachusetts, Illinois, and Iowa).

— Smetana, 1995e: 361 ( Philonthus ; synonym of sessor ).

seticornis Sharp, 1885: 410 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Guatemala, Cerro Zunil 4000 to

5000 feet).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Guatemala.

setosus J. Sahlberg, 1876 , see: ebeninus Gravenhorst, 1802 .

sexpunctatus Last, 1968: 372 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: New Guinea: Yentchan, Sepik).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

sextus Schaeffer, 1766 [Note: Nomen nudum], see: splendens Fabricius, 1793 .

shangzhiensis J. Li, 1993: 52 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Mount Laoye, Shangzhi,

Heilongjiang Province).

sharpi Fauvel, 1879: 101 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Nouvelle Guinée, Dorei).

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

— Last, 1987: 32 ( Philonthus ; Papua New Guinea).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

sharpi C. Koch, 1936 [Note: Nomen nudum], see: nudus Sharp, 1874 .

sharpianus Cameron, 1930 , see: Gabrius .

shetlandicus Poppius, 1905 , see: carbonarius Gravenhorst, 1802 .

shulli Hatch, 1957 , see: Gabrius .

siculus Gridelli, 1923: 23 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Sicilia, Pachino ).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1926: 120 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Gabrius ; notes; Corsica).

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

— Coiffait, 1974: 96 ( Paragabrius ; characters; Corsica; Sardinia; Sicily; Algeria; Morocco).

— Ciceroni and Zanetti, 1995: 28 ( Philonthus ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Algeria, Morocco, France, Italy.

sideropterus Kolenati, 1846 , see: splendens Fabricius, 1793 .

siegwaldii Mannerheim, 1843 , see: Bisnius .

signaticornis Mulsant and Rey, 1853 , see: Erichsonius .

signifrons Schubert, 1908 , see: protenus Schubert, 1906 .

silvaticus Cameron, 1922: 119 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Jamaica).

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

— Blackwelder, 1943: 416 ( Philonthus ; characters; Jamaica).

- DISTRIBUTION: West Indies.

silvestris Bernhauer, 1929 h: 194 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Mexiko: Desierto de los Leones, 3000 m).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico.

silvicola Bernhauer, 1912 h: 479 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Zentralafrika: Urwald hinter den Randbergen des Nordwestufers des Tanganjika-Sees).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Uganda.

simlaensis Bernhauer, 1911 , see: protenus Schubert, 1906 .

simonae Levasseur, 1962: 238 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Kolwezi [Lualaba], Haut Katanga, Congo belge).

— Levasseur, 1966a: 1214 ( Philonthus ; Congo).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

simonae Hromádka, 1992 , see: lubomiri Herman, 2001 .

simplex Marsham, 1802 , see: albipes Gravenhorst, 1802 .

simplex Stephens, 1833 , see: ventralis Gravenhorst, 1802 .

simpliciventris Bernhauer, 1933a: 39 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Szetschwan: Giufu-Shan). — Schillhammer, 1999a: 62 ( Philonthus ).

— Schillhammer, 2000: 125 ( Philonthus ; characters; China; Taiwan; Nepal; India).

- DISTRIBUTION: Taiwan, China, Nepal, India, Europe.

proximus Kraatz, 1859: 80 ( Philonthus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: India borealis).

— Fauvel, 1874: 215 [= 1874a: 441] ( Philonthus ; characters; France; Europe; Siberia ; India).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 13 ( Philonthus ; Finland).

— Fowler, 1888: 262 ( Philonthus ; characters; Britain).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 332 ( Philonthus ; synonym of chalceus ).

— Portevin, 1929: 358 ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— Cameron, 1932: 80 ( Philonthus ; synonym of chalceus ). — Tottenham, 1939b: 218 ( Philonthus ; valid species but name is preoccupied).

— Smetana, 1958: 164 ( Philonthus ; synonym of chalceus ).

— Coiffait, 1974: 223 ( Philonthus ; synonym of succicola ).

— Schillhammer, 2000: 125 ( Philonthus ; synonym of simpliciventris ).

explanipes Tottenham, 1939b: 218 ( Philonthus ; replacement name for proximus Kraatz ; valid species).

— Schillhammer, 1999a: 62 ( Philonthus ; synonym of simpliciventris ; [Note: Although Schillhammer did not list proximus Kraatz as a junior synonym of simpliciventris , it must be regarded as such because explanipes is a replacement name for it]).

— Schillhammer, 2000: 125 ( Philonthus ; synonym of simpliciventris ).

simulans Wollaston, 1857 , see: Gabrius .

sinayotus Tottenham, 1962: 226 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Spatulonthus ; Type locality: Tanganyika Terr.: Bunduki, Uluguru Mt., moy. Mgeta, 1300 m. Also cited from Kenya).

- DISTRIBUTION: Tanzania, Kenya.

sinetuber Coiffait, 1977 , see: Craspedomerus .

singgalangensis Cameron, 1933d: 388 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Sumatra: Gunung Singgalang ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

singhalensis Cameron, 1932: 96 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Ceylon: Dikoya , alt. 3800–

4200 feet. Bogawantalawa, alt. 4900–5200 feet).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Sri Lanka.

singularis Last, 1973 , see: Hesperus .

sinuatocollis Motschulsky, 1860 , see: rotundicollis Ménétriés, 1832 .

sinuatus Wollaston, 1867 , see: quisquiliarius Gyllenhal, 1810 .

sinuatus Tottenham, 1949 , see: curvabilis Herman, 2001 .

sinus Last, 1968: 363 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: New Guinea: Okapa).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

sithanus Tottenham, 1962: 215 , 216, 221 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Not cited, presumably Africa ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Africa.

siwalikensis Cameron, 1926b: 357 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Siwaliks; Kheri Rau,

Mohan Rau, Lachiwala, Song River).

— Cameron, 1932: 137 ( Philonthus ; characters; India).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: India.

smaragdinus Tottenham, 1949b: 348 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Ituri: Blukwa).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

sobrinus Erichson, 1840 , see: Neobisnius .

socius Cameron, 1937: 10 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Java: Djeroeklegi, Zuid Banjoemas; Tjilatjap ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia.

sodalis Cameron, 1943, see: Gabrius .

sogdianus Kirshenblat, 1950 , see: Bisnius .

solidus Sharp, 1874: 43 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Nagasaki ; northern China).

— Fauvel, 1903: 159 ( Philonthus ; synonym of geminus ).

— Fauvel, 1904a: 58 ( Philonthus ; synonym of geminus ).

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

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1363 ( Philonthus ; synonym of tardus ). — Cameron, 1949b: 468 ( Philonthus ; cited as valid species; Japan).

— Shibata, 1983: 120 ( Philonthus ; synonym of tardus ).

— Kanehisa, Tsumuki, and Kawazu, 1994 ( Philonthus ; chemical secretions).

— Watanabe, 1998: 313 ( Philonthus ; cited as valid species; Japan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

solitarius Sharp, 1885 , see: sericans Gravenhorst, 1802 .

somaliensis Eppelsheim, 1895: 202 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Ganale Gudda, Arussi Galla). — Fauvel, 1907: 40 ( Philonthus ; Kilimandjaro; Abyssinia; Gallas).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 355 ( Philonthus ; catalog; Somaliland; British East Africa).

- DISTRIBUTION: “Somaliland”, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania.

somoruensis Last, 1968 , see: Leucitus .

sordidioides Scheerpeltz, 1962d: 329 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Umgebung von Rustenburg, etwa 100 km NW von Johannesburg in Transvaal).

— Scheerpeltz, 1974: 149 ( Philonthus ; South Africa).

- DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.

sosis Tottenham, 1953: 147 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Sudan).

— Tottenham, 1962: 138, 194 ( Philonthus ; synonym of debiliformis ).

— Coiffait, 1966b: 338 ( Philonthus ; cited as valid species; Mauritania; Senegal).

— Coiffait, 1968a: 136 ( Philonthus ; notes; Chad).

- DISTRIBUTION: Senegal, Mauritania, Chad, Sudan.

sospitalis Gistel, 1857: 37 ( Philonthus ; [Note: Nomen dubium]; Type locality: Bayern).

- DISTRIBUTION: Germany.

spadiceus Sharp, 1889: 41 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Kawasaki near Yokohama; Awomori; Sapporo).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 356 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

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

— Nakane, 1963a: 91 ( Philonthus ; characters; habitus photograph; Japan).

— Hayashi, 1993: 76 ( Philonthus ; characters; Japan).

— Kanehisa, Tsumuki, and Kawazu, 1994 ( Philonthus ; chemical secretions).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

sparsipennis Cameron, 1933b: 344 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: British North Borneo:

Lumu Lumu, 5500 feet).

- DISTRIBUTION: Borneo.

sparsus P. Lucas, 1846 , see: Bisnius .

specialis Cameron, 1937a: 103 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Kokoda, alt. 1300 ft.).

— Last, 1968: 360 ( Philonthus ; New Guinea).

— Last, 1987: 30 ( Philonthus ; Papua New Guinea).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

multiformis Last, 1968: 362 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: New Guinea: Buana , Sarawaged Range, 3000 ft., 20–30 miles north of Lae).

— Last, 1973: 425 ( Hesperus ).

— Last, 1987: 30 ( Philonthus ; synonym of specialis aberration funebris ).

funebris Last, 1981: 120 ( Philonthus ; variety of specialis ; [Note: Nomen nudum (Article 15.2)]; cited from Managalase Plateau North District, Papua).

funebris Last, 1987: 30 ( Philonthus ; aberration of specialis ; [Note: Nomen nudum (Articles 1.3.4, 45.5)]; cited from many localities in Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya). speciosus Cameron, 1926b: 355 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Dehra Dun).

— Cameron, 1932: 122 ( Philonthus ; characters; India).

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

— Schillhammer, 1996a: 82 ( Philonthus ; Turkey; Oman).

specularis Fauvel, 1878f: 267 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Nouvelle-Guinée, Hatam).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 356 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

speculicollis Schubert, 1909: 292 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: südöstliches Mexico, Gegend von Jalapa, nördlich vom Pic d’Orizaba).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 356 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico.

speculipennis Bernhauer, 1921b: 75 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: West-Kolumbien: Umgebung von Cali am Cauca, Canon del Mte. Tolima, 1700 m).

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

- DISTRIBUTION: Colombia.

speculum Lokay, 1919: 24 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Transsylvania, Sibin.).

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

— Coiffait, 1967a: 389 ( Philonthus ; characters; Transylvania).

— Coiffait, 1974: 304 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Kenonthus ?; characters; Romania).

— Tóth, 1984: 45 ( Philonthus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Romania.

spermophili Ganglbauer, 1897 , see: Bisnius .

sphagnicola Sjöberg, 1950 , see: Gabrius .

sphagnorum Smetana, 1995e: 388 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: New Brunswick: Kouchibouguac N.P. Also cited from Ontario and Quebec).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada.

spiniformis Hatch, 1957: 188 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Oregon: West Woodburn. Also cited from Washington and British Columbia).

— Smetana, 1995e: 224 ( Philonthus ; characters; notes; Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; Nova Scotia; Ontario; Saskatchewan; Arizona; California; Colorado; Idaho; Iowa; Maine; Montana; Nevada; New Hampshire; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Utah; Washington; Wisconsin; Wyoming).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

woodburnensis Hatch, 1957: 187 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Oregon: West Woodburn ) .

— Smetana, 1995e: 224 ( Philonthus ; synonym of spiniformis ).

spinipes Sharp, 1874: 39 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Japan; [Note: See lectotype designation by Schülke and Uhlig, 1989]. Originally cited from Hiogo; Nagasaki; Mantchuria).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 356 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

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

— Aleksandrov, 1934: 152 ( Philonthus ; listed with three characterized but unnamed varieties; notes; China).

— Adachi, 1937: 56 ( Philonthus ; Izu-Oshima).

— Nakane, 1963a: 90 ( Philonthus ; characters; habitus photograph; Japan).

— Watanabe and Shibata, 1972: 63 ( Philonthus ; Yaku-shima Island).

— Frank, 1982: 43 ( Philonthus ; list of parasites).

— Yuh, Paik, Kwon, and Lee, 1985: 242 ( Philonthus ; Korea).

— Lundberg, 1986: 148 ( Philonthus ; Sweden).

— Schülke and Uhlig, 1989: 243, 247 ( Philonthus ; characters; lectotype designation: Japan; Korea; China; Japan; Caucasus ; Bulgaria; Romania; Czechoslovakia; Poland; Austria) .

— Schülke and Uhlig, 1989b ( Philonthus ; notes; Bulgaria; Armenia; Yugoslavia; Austria;

Czech Republic; Slovakia; Germany).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 163 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Pilon and Zanetti, 1991: 61 ( Philonthus ; notes; Italy).

— Shibata, 1991b: 256 ( Philonthus ; Taiwan).

— Callot, 1993: 13 ( Philonthus ; characters; notes; France).

— Bruge, 1993: 29 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Kenonthus ; Belgium).

— Stephens, 1839: 394 ( Philonthus ; characters; England).

— Erichson, 1840: 429 ( Philonthus ; characters; Europe).

— Laporte, 1840: 177 ( Staphylinus ; characters; France).

— Kolenati, 1846: 18 ( Philonthus ; Transcaucasia).

— Jacobsen, 1849: 687 ( Philonthus ; characters; Denmark).

— Ménétriés, 1849: 44 ( Philonthus ; Turcomanie).

— Hochhuth, 1849: 131 ( Philonthus ; characters; Caucasus; Iberia).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 699 ( Philonthus ; characters; Austria).

— Kiesenwetter, 1851a: 414 ( Philonthus ; France).

— Küster, 1853a: 42 ( Philonthus ; characters; Europe).

— Hardy, 1851: 25 ( Philonthus ; notes; England).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 513 ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 569 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 189 ( Philonthus ; characters; Austria).

— Kraatz, 1858a: 61 ( Philonthus ; Crete).

— Thomson, 1860: 155 ( Philonthus ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Hochhuth, 1872: 136 ( Philonthus ; notes; Ukraine).

— Fauvel, 1874: 213 [= 1874a: 439] ( Philonthus ; characters; France; Europe; Algeria; Caucasus; Transcaucasia; Lake Baikal).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 208 ( Philonthus ; characters; Austria).

— Seidlitz, 1875: 272 ( Philonthus ; characters; Baltic region).

— Mulsant and Rey, 1876: 347 [= 1877: 203] ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

— J. Sahlberg, 1876: 12 ( Philonthus ; Finland).

— Fauvel, 1878: 121 [= 1878a: 41] ( Philonthus ; Algeria).

— Fauvel, 1886: 53 [= 1886a: 45] ( Philonthus ; Algeria).

— Fowler, 1888: 260 ( Philonthus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 442 ( Philonthus ; characters; Europe; Mediterranean region; Siberia ).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 108 ( Philonthus ; Algeria).

— Reitter, 1909: 124 ( Philonthus ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 356 ( Philonthus ; [Note: The name politus Linné is cited on page 356 as a synonym of splendens and on page 350 as a valid species]; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 392 ( Philonthus ; characters; Denmark).

— Šulc, 1922 ( Philonthus ; osmeterium; anatomy; histology; physiology).

— Portevin, 1929: 357 ( Philonthus ; characters; France).

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

— Wüsthoff, 1934: 60 ( Philonthus ; illustration of aedeagus).

— Paulian, 1941: 229 ( Philonthus ; larval characters).

— Tottenham, 1949: 417 ( Philonthus ; checklist; Britain).

— V. Hansen, 1952: 48 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; Denmark).

— Smetana, 1958: 155 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; ecology; Czechoslovakia).

— Kocher, 1958: 144 ( Philonthus ; Morocco).

— Smetana, 1959: 144 ( Philonthus ; characters).

— Palm, 1963b: 64 ( Philonthus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Lohse, 1964: 176 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Philonthus ; characters; central Europe).

— Raianu, 1964: 103 ( Philonthus ; Romania).

— Horion, 1965: 123 ( Philonthus ; Mediterranean region; Germany; Austria).

— Pototskaia, 1966: 158 ( Philonthus ; larval characters).

— Pototskaia, 1967: 63 ( Philonthus ; larval characters).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 389 ( Philonthus ; characters; Europe; Siberia ; North Africa).

— Raianu, 1968a: 462 ( Philonthus ; Romania).

— Szujecki, 1968a: 727 ( Philonthus ; Poland).

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 74 ( Philonthus ; catalog; Austria).

— Kasule, 1970: 68 ( Philonthus ; larval characters).

— Coiffait, 1974: 266 ( Philonthus ; characters; Europe; Britain; Scandinavia; North Africa; Anatolia; Caucasus).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 356 ( Philonthus ; synonym of splendens ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1362 ( Philonthus ; aberration of splendens ).

— Smetana, 1955: 205 ( Philonthus ; aberration of splendens ; notes).

— Smetana, 1958: 155 ( Philonthus ; subspecies of splendens ).

— Smetana, 1959: 144 ( Philonthus ; subspecies of splendens ; characters).

— Coiffait, 1967a: 389 ( Philonthus ; subspecies of splendens ; characters; Caucasus).

— Coiffait, 1974: 266 ( Philonthus ; synonym of splendens ).

— Schillhammer, 2000: 142 ( Philonthus ; subspecies of sideropterus ; characters; Turkey; Caucasus).

squalidus Fauvel, 1879: 105 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Nouvelle Guinée).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 356 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

stacesmithi Hatch, 1957 , see: Bisnius .

staudingeri Bernhauer, 1928 g: 110 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Kongostaat).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1362 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Tottenham, 1962: 202, 203, 211 ( Philonthus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

steineri Lecoq, 1998: 66 ( Philonthus ; subgenus Piezarthrus ; Type locality: Madagascar Est: Prov. Fianarantsoa, 7 km. W Ranomafana, 900 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.

stenocephalus Scheerpeltz, 1972: 18 ( Philonthus ; replacement name for angusticeps Bernhauer ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Argentina.

angusticeps Bernhauer, 1934a: 118 ( Philonthus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Argentinien: Prov. Tucuman).

— Scheerpeltz, 1972: 18 ( Philonthus ; synonym of stenocephalus ).

stenoderus Reiche, 1861 , see: Bisnius .

stercorosus Tottenham, 1962: 186 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: S. Rhodesia: Wankie Game Reserve ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Zimbabwe.

stictus Hausen, 1891: 321 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Lachine, Montreal Island).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 356 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Casey, 1915: 450 ( Philonthus ; republication of characters of original description).

— Smetana, 1995e: 463 ( Philonthus ; characters; notes; Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Ontario; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Colorado; Illinois; Iowa; Minnesota; Montana; Nebraska; North Dakota; Utah; Wisconsin).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

protervus Casey, 1915: 443 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: northern Illinois; [Note: See lectotype designation by Smetana, 1995e]).

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

— Dearborn and Donahue, 1994: 15 ( Philonthus ; Maine).

— Smetana, 1995e: 463 ( Philonthus ; lectotype designation; synonym of stictus ).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 382 ( Philonthus ; characters; USA).

finitimus Casey, 1915: 443 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: Canada: Hull, Province of Quebec; [ Note : See lectotype designation by Smetana, 1995e]).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1342 ( Philonthus ; catalog).

— Smetana, 1995e: 463 ( Philonthus ; lectotype designation; synonym of stictus ).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 382 ( Philonthus ; cited as valid species; characters; Canada).

confertoides Hatch, 1957: 182 ( Philonthus ; Type locality: British Columbia: Enderby ) .

— Smetana, 1995e: 463 ( Philonthus ; synonym of stictus ).