Philonthus orientalis, Motschulsky, 1858 a: 212

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orientalis Motschulsky, 1858a: 212 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Indes orientales).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 320 ( Platyprosopus ; synonym of fuliginosus ).

— Cameron, 1932: 51 ( Platyprosopus ; synonym of fuliginosus ).

fulvicollis Motschulsky, 1858a: 212 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Indes orientales).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 320 ( Platyprosopus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1932: 51 ( Platyprosopus ; characters; Bihar).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1325 ( Platyprosopus ; catalog).

— Coiffait, 1982a: 232 ( Platyprosopus ; India).

- DISTRIBUTION: India, “East Indies”.

linearis Kraatz, 1859: 115 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: India orientalis).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 320 ( Platyprosopus ; synonym of fulvicollis ).

— Cameron, 1932: 51 ( Platyprosopus ; synonym of fulvicollis ).

ghidinii Cerruti, 1950: 49 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Gambela, Galla-Sidamo ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia.

grandiceps Irmler, 1977: 65 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Estancia la Noria , Rio San Javier, Santa Fé, Argentine).

- DISTRIBUTION: Argentina.

gridellii Cerruti, 1950: 50 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Eritrea: Tessenei ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Eritrea.

hierichonticus Reiche and Saulcy, 1856: 361 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Jourdain ; Chypre).

— Kraatz, 1858a: 65 ( Platyprosopus ; characters; Greece).

— Peyron, 1858: 420 ( Platyprosopus ; Turkey).

— Reitter, 1908: 104 ( Platyprosopus ; cited as hierochonticus; characters; Syria; Palestine; Cyprus; Greece).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 320 ( Platyprosopus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1325 ( Platyprosopus ; catalog).

— Coiffait, 1972: 378 ( Platyprosopus ; cited as hierochonticus; characters; references; Palestine; Syria; Asia Minor; Cyprus; Greece).

— Assing and Wunderle, 2001: 36 ( Platyprosopus ; Cyprus).

- DISTRIBUTION: Israel, Jordan, Syria, Cyprus, Turkey, Greece.

indicus Motschulsky, 1858a: 212 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Indes orientales).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 320 ( Platyprosopus ; catalog).

— Bernhauer, 1928: 15 ( Platyprosopus ; Sumatra).

— Cameron, 1932: 49 ( Platyprosopus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1325 ( Platyprosopus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1933d: 386 ( Platyprosopus ; Sumatra).

— Paulian, 1941: 217 ( Platyprosopus ; larval characters; India).

- DISTRIBUTION: India, Indonesia.

laevicollis Kraatz, 1859: 114 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: India borealis).

— Fauvel, 1895: 239 ( Platyprosopus ; synonym of indicus ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 320 ( Platyprosopus ; synonym of indicus ).

— Cameron, 1932: 49 ( Platyprosopus ; synonym of indicus ).

indicus Kraatz, 1859 , see: elatus Fauvel, 1895 .

keiseri Scheerpeltz, 1961 g: 238, 257 ( Platyprosopus ; subgenus Platyprosopus ; Type locality: West-Madagaskar: Tsaramandroso).

- DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.

kraatzi Bernhauer, 1908d: 326 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Paraguay).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 320 ( Platyprosopus ; catalog).

— Irmler, 1977: 60 ( Platyprosopus ; characters; Paraguay; Argentina).

- DISTRIBUTION: Paraguay, Argentina.

laticeps Sharp, 1876: 103 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Ega).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 320 ( Platyprosopus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

linearis Kraatz, 1859 , see: fulvicollis Motschulsky, 1858 .

longicollis Eppelsheim, 1885: 113 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Goldküste: Adda).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 320 ( Platyprosopus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ghana.

major Sharp, 1876: 102 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Ega).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 321 ( Platyprosopus ; catalog).

— Irmler, 1977: 58 ( Platyprosopus ; characters; Brazil; Peru).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil, Peru.

marshalli Bernhauer, 1937: 300 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Kenya: Homa ,

South Kavirondo).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kenya.

mateui Coiffait, 1966b: 341 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Mauritanie, Tamour Tartafet , Tamchakett).

— Coiffait, 1972: 379 ( Platyprosopus ; characters; Mauritania).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mauritania.

mexicanus Sharp, 1887: 783 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Mexico, San Juan Bautista in Tabasco, Tlacotalpam; [ Note : See lectotype designation by Smetana, 1982]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 321 ( Platyprosopus ; catalog).

— Irmler, 1977: 60 ( Platyprosopus ; characters; Mexico).

— Smetana, 1982: 24 ( Platyprosopus ; lectotype designation: San Juan Bautista ; characters; Mexico; Texas) .

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico, USA.

texanus Moore, 1963a: 96 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Texas: Brownsville ).

— Smetana, 1982: 24 ( Platyprosopus ; synonym of mexicanus ).

minor Sharp, 1876: 106 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Ega).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 321 ( Platyprosopus ; catalog).

— Irmler, 1977: 62 ( Platyprosopus ; characters; Brazil).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

nigriventris Cameron, 1947a: 55 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Abyssinia: Nargi ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia.

niloticus Fauvel, 1904c: 275 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Haute-Egypte : Assouan. Abyssinie).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 321 ( Platyprosopus ; catalog).

— C. Koch, 1936b: 163 ( Platyprosopus ; characters; Egypt).

— Coiffait, 1972: 378 ( Platyprosopus ; characters; Egypt; Ethiopia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia, Egypt.

ochraceus Fauvel, 1900b: 72 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Congo: Kinchassa ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 321 ( Platyprosopus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

opacifrons Sharp, 1876: 107 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Ega).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 321 ( Platyprosopus ; catalog).

— Irmler, 1977: 62 ( Platyprosopus ; characters; Brazil).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

orientalis Motschulsky, 1858 , see: fuliginosus Erichson, 1840 .

pallescens Tottenham, 1961: 206 ( Platyprosopus ; Type locality: Senegal: Parc National du Niokolo-Koba, Badi).

- DISTRIBUTION: Senegal.

— Scheerpeltz, 1940: 42 (key to Palaearctic genera).

— Blackwelder, 1943: 394 (characters; key to genera of West Indies).

— Blackwelder, 1944: 131 (checklist of species from Mexico, Central and South America, and the West Indies).

— V. Hansen, 1952: 27 (characters; key to Danish genera).

— Coiffait, 1956e: 183, 186 (key to genera).

— Hatch, 1957: 173 (key to genera of Pacific Northwest).

— Smetana, 1958: 131 (characters; key to Czechoslovakian genera and species).

— Arnett, 1963: 275 (characters; list of North American genera).

— Palm, 1963b: 57 (characters; key to genera and species of Sweden).

— Lohse, 1964: 169 (characters; key to central European species).

— Pototskaia, 1967: 63 (larval characters).

— Coiffait and Saiz, 1968: 347, 363 (characters; Chilean species).

— Scheerpeltz, 1968a: 79 (catalog of Austrian species).

— Kasule, 1970: 56 (larval characters).

— Coiffait, 1974: 353 (characters; key to subtribes, genera, and species of western Palaearctic region).

— Muona, 1979: 15 (list of Scandinavian species).

— Burakowski, Mroczkowski, and Stefańska, 1980: 29 (catalog; Poland).

— Newton, 1985: 209 (notes on austral distribution and taxonomic notes).

— Outerelo and Gamarra, 1985: 53 (key to genera of Iberian Peninsula).

— Smetana, 1995e: 47, 48 (notes; key to subtribes).

— Klimaszewski, Newton, and Thayer, 1996: 151 (list of New Zealand genera; number of

New Zealand species).

— M. Hansen, 1996: 104 (list of Danish species).

— Smetana and Davies, 2000: 4, 12, 37 (discussion of characters; characters and key to subtribes of north temperate region; checklist of genera and species).

— Smetana and Davies, 2000: 18 (key to genera and subgenera associated with Staphylinus sensu lato).

— Newton, Thayer, Ashe, and Chandler, 2000: 330, 392 (key to Nearctic subtribes; characters; notes).

Subtribe Amblyopinina

Amblyopinina Seevers, 1944 .

— Newton and Thayer, 1992: 65 (subtribe of Staphylinini ).

— Smetana, 1995e: 48 (characters).

Amblyopininae Seevers, 1944: 157 (genera included: Amblyopinus ). TYPE GENUS: Amblyopinus (see Newton and Thayer, 1992: 65).

— Seevers, 1955 (revision; ecology; distribution; host relationships and list; evolution; key to genera).

— Coiffait and Saiz, 1968: 365 (notes; key to Chilean genera).

— Lawrence and Newton, 1995: 830 (included in Staphylininae ).

Amblyopinini Seever, 1944 .

— Machado-Allison, 1963: 380 (key to genera).

— Machado-Allison and Barrera, 1964: 182 (discussion of characters of some genera).

— Barrera, 1972: 79, 82 (key to genera of Peru; discussion).

— Newton, 1985: 209 (notes on austral distribution and taxonomic notes).

— Ashe and Timm, 1988: 48, 54–56 (key to genera; notes on interaction with hosts and on phylogenetic relationships).

— Timm and Ashe, 1989: 379 (comments on systematics of group).