Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Family Staphylinidae > Subfamily Staphylininae > Tribe Staphylinini > Subtribe Philonthina

Philonthus Stephens, 1829

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cephalonthus*	Blackwelder, 1952	generic synonym
*Kenonthus*	Coiffait, 1960	generic synonym
*Kirschenblatia*	Bolov & Kryzhanovskij, 1969	generic synonym
*Laxobates*	Gistel, 1834	generic synonym
*Metagabrius*	Coiffait, 1974	generic synonym
*Palaeophilonthus*	Coiffait, 1972	generic synonym
*Paragabrius*	Coiffait, 1963	generic synonym
*Paralionthus*	Adam, 1996	generic synonym
*Philonthopsis*	Cameron, 1932	generic synonym
*Spatulonthus*	Tottenham, 1955	generic synonym
*Trionthus*	Coiffait, 1963	generic synonym

Children

Philonthus (Onychophilonthus) Neresheimer & Wagner, 1924
Philonthus (Philonthus) Stephens, 1829
Philonthus amnicola Gistel, 1857
Philonthus aprilinus Gistel, 1857
Philonthus chalceus Stephens, 1832
Philonthus coenicola Gistel, 1857
Philonthus cunicularius Gistel, 1857
Philonthus eremus Gistel, 1857
Philonthus erraticus Nordmann, 1837
Philonthus gyllenhali Gistel, 1857
Philonthus heinlii Gistel, 1857
Philonthus littorinus Gistel, 1857
Philonthus nemorosus Gistel, 1857
Philonthus obscurus Gravenhorst, 1802
Philonthus olfactorius Gistel, 1857
Philonthus onthomanes Gistel, 1857
Philonthus picnocara Gistel, 1857
Philonthus puncticollis Stephens, 1832
Philonthus putridarius Gistel, 1857
Philonthus scansor Gistel, 1857
Philonthus sericeus Stephens, 1832
Philonthus sospitalis Gistel, 1857
Philonthus subnivalis Gistel, 1857