WoRMS taxon details
Philonthus Stephens, 1829
- Subgenus Philonthus (Cafius)
- Species Philonthus (Cafius) algarum Sharp., 1874 accepted as Cafius algarum (Sharp, 1874)
- Species Philonthus (Cafius) histrio Sharp, 1874 accepted as Cafius histrio (Sharp, 1874)
- Species Philonthus (Cafius) mimulus Sharp, 1874 accepted as Cafius mimulus (Sharp, 1874)
- Species Philonthus (Cafius) vestitus Sharp, 1874 accepted as Cafius vestitus (Sharp, 1874)
- Species Philonthus nudus Sharp, 1874
- Species Philonthus bistriatus Erichson, 1840 accepted as Cafius bistriatus (Erichson, 1840)
- Species Philonthus canescens Mäklin, 1852 accepted as Cafius canescens (Mäklin, 1852)
- Species Philonthus cicatrosus Erichson, 1840 accepted as Cafius cicatricosus (Erichson, 1840)
- Species Philonthus corallicola Fairmaire, 1849 accepted as Remus corallicola (Fairmaire, 1849)
- Species Philonthus cribratus Erichson, 1840 accepted as Orthidus cribratus (Erichson, 1840)
- Species Philonthus decipiens LeConte, 1863 accepted as Cafius decipiens (LeConte, 1863)
- Species Philonthus fonticola Erichson, 1840 accepted as Cafius fonticola (Erichson, 1840)
- Species Philonthus lithocharinus LeConte, 1863 accepted as Cafius lithocharinus (LeConte, 1863)
- Species Philonthus macies Sharp, 1874 accepted as Bisnius macies (Sharp, 1874)
- Species Philonthus nauticus Fairmaire, 1849 accepted as Cafius nauticus (Fairmaire, 1849)
- Species Philonthus opacus LeConte, 1863 accepted as Cafius opacus (LeConte, 1863)
- Species Philonthus pacificus Erichson, 1840 accepted as Cafius pacificus (Erichson, 1840)
- Species Philonthus pruinosus Erichson, 1840 accepted as Remus pruinosus (Erichson, 1840) (superseded original combination)
- Species Philonthus sulcicollis LeConte, 1863 accepted as Cafius sulcicollis (LeConte, 1863)
marine, terrestrial
Stephens, J.F. (1829). The nomenclature of British insects; being a compendious list of such species as are contained in the systematic catalogue of British insects, and forming a guide to their classification. Baldwin and Cradock: London. 68 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 23 [details]
page(s): 23 [details]
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Nomenclature
original description
Stephens, J.F. (1829). The nomenclature of British insects; being a compendious list of such species as are contained in the systematic catalogue of British insects, and forming a guide to their classification. Baldwin and Cradock: London. 68 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 23 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
page(s): 23 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Other
additional source
Cheng, L. (Ed.). (1976). Marine insects. North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 0-444-11213-8. XII, 581 pp., available online at http://repositories.cdlib.org/sio/techreport/48/ [details]
additional source Frank, H.; Ahn, K.-J. (2011). Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 107: 1-98. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.107.1651 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Frank, H.; Ahn, K.-J. (2011). Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 107: 1-98. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.107.1651 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Habitat proximal to high tide zone: sandy beach & salt marsh: under seaweeds & under seagrasses & under debris [details]
