# Philonthus

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{{short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Philonthus P1200730a.jpg
| taxon = Philonthus
| authority = Stephens, 1829
| display_parents = 2
| diversity_link = List of Philonthus species
| diversity = at least 250 species
}}

'''''Philonthus''''' is a genus of large rove beetles in the family [Staphylinidae](/source/Staphylinidae). There are more than 380 described species in ''Philonthus''.<ref name=itis/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=buglink/>
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==See also==
* [List of Philonthus species](/source/List_of_Philonthus_species)

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=itis>
{{Cite web| title=''Philonthus'' Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=113292
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}</ref>

<ref name=gbif>
{{Cite web| title=''Philonthus''
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1040167
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}</ref>

<ref name=buglink>
{{Cite web| title=''Philonthus'' genus Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/15713
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}</ref>
}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* {{Cite journal
| title = Contributions to the faunistics and bionomics of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in northeastern North America: discoveries made through study of the University of Guelph Insect Collection, Ontario, Canada
| date = 2011
| last1 = Brunke | first1 = A.
| last2 = Marshall | first2 = S.
| journal = ZooKeys
| issue = 75| pages = 29–68
| doi = 10.3897/zookeys.75.767
| pmc=3088045
| pmid=21594139
| doi-access = free
}}
* {{Cite journal
| title = Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history
| date = 2011
| last1 = Frank | first1 = J. H.
| last2 = Ahn | first2 = K. J.
| journal = ZooKeys
| issue = 107| pages = 1–98
| doi = 10.3897/zookeys.107.1651
| pmc=3392188
| pmid=22792029
| doi-access = free
}}
* {{Cite book
| title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea
| date = 2015
| editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I.
| editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A.
| publisher = Apollo Books
| isbn = 978-90-04-29685-5
}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
{{refbegin}}
* {{Commons category-inline|Philonthus}}
{{refend}}

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