Ontholestes

Ontholestes is a genus of large rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 20 described species in Ontholestes.

Species

These 21 species belong to the genus Ontholestes:

• Ontholestes asiaticus <small>Smetana, 1959</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Ontholestes aurosparsus <small>Fauvel, 1895</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Ontholestes callistus <small>Hochhuth, 2012</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Ontholestes cingulatus <small>(Gravenhorst, 1802)</small><span style="color:gray">^{g b}</span> (gold-and-brown rove beetle)
• Ontholestes gracilis <small>Sharp, 1874</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Ontholestes hairaerensis <small>Li & Chen,/1993</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Ontholestes haroldi <small>(Eppelsheim, 1884)</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Ontholestes hayashii <small>Li, 1992</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Ontholestes inauratus <small>Mannerheim, 1830</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Ontholestes marginalis <small>(Gené, 1836)</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Ontholestes murinus <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Ontholestes napoensis <small>Zhuo Yang, Hong-Zhang Zhou, 2012</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Ontholestes oculatus <small>Sharp, 1874</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Ontholestes orientalis <small>Bernhauer, 1906</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Ontholestes paramurinus <small>Li & Chen, 1993</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Ontholestes proximus <small>Kirshenblat, 1936</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Ontholestes rosti <small>Bernhauer, ms</small><span style="color:gray">^c</span>
• Ontholestes simulator <small>Kirshenblat, 1936</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Ontholestes tenuicornis <small>Kraatz, 1859</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Ontholestes tessellatus <small>Geoffroy, 1785</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Ontholestes xinqiaoensis <small>Zhuo Yang, Hong-Zhang Zhou, 2012</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>

<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>

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