Xantholinus

{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Xantholinus sp.jpg | image_caption = ''Xantholinus'' sp. | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Xantholinus | authority = Dejean, 1821 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 274+ }}

'''''Xantholinus''''' is a genus of the beetle family Staphylinidae, the rove beetles. They can be found throughout the world.<ref name=rosa>Rosa, S. P. (2010). [http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0085-56262010000100022&script=sci_arttext Second record of bioluminescence in larvae of ''Xantholinus'' Dejean (Staphylinidae, Xantholinini) from Brazil.] ''Rev. Bras. Entomol.'' 54(1) 147-48.</ref> Most are native to the Palearctic realm, and some have been introduced to North America.<ref name=brunke>Brunke, A. and C. G. Majka. (2010). [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088414/ The adventive genus ''Xantholinus'' Dejean (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae in North America: new records and a synthesis of distributional data.] ''ZooKeys'' 65 51–61.</ref>

The larvae of at least some species are bioluminescent.<ref name=rosa/>

There are about 274 species in this genus.<ref name=rosa/> [[File:Xantholinus glabratus 2.jpg|thumb|right|''Xantholinus glabratus'']] Species include: {{Div col}} * ''Xantholinus appenninicola'' (Steel, 1946) * ''Xantholinus baeticus'' (Bordoni, 1975) * ''Xantholinus balearicus'' (Coiffait, 1962) * ''Xantholinus bonomettoi'' (Bordoni, 1972) * ''Xantholinus bordonii'' (Coiffait, 1970) * ''Xantholinus bulgaricus'' (Coiffait, 1972) * ''Xantholinus cerrutii'' (Coiffait, 1964) * ''Xantholinus coiffaiti'' (H. Franz, 1966) * ''Xantholinus colasi'' (Jarrige, 1941) * ''Xantholinus devillei'' (Coiffait, 1956) * ''Xantholinus elegans'' (Olivier, 1795) * ''Xantholinus euboicus'' (Korge, 1973) * ''Xantholinus fortepunctatus'' (Motschulsky, 1860) * ''Xantholinus franzi'' (Bordoni, 1973) * ''Xantholinus fuenteanus'' (Reitter, 1901) * ''Xantholinus gastraeus'' (Gistel, 1857) * ''Xantholinus graecus'' (Kraatz, 1858) * ''Xantholinus gridellii'' (Coiffait, 1956) * ''Xantholinus humidicola'' (Gistel, 1857) * ''Xantholinus ibericus'' (Steel, 1950) * ''Xantholinus maritimus'' (Reitter, 1908) * ''Xantholinus morandi'' (Coiffait, 1958) * ''Xantholinus nicolasi'' (Coiffait, 1972) * ''Xantholinus occultans'' (Gistel, 1857) * ''Xantholinus padus'' (Coiffait, 1973) * ''Xantholinus pantokratoris'' (Bordoni, 1975) * ''Xantholinus perezi'' (Outerelo, 1976) * ''Xantholinus phenicus'' (Coiffait, 1971) * ''Xantholinus proceroides'' (Coiffait, 1971) * ''Xantholinus procerus'' (Erichson, 1839) * ''Xantholinus quadratus'' (Stephens, 1833) * ''Xantholinus ruffoi'' (Bordoni, 1972) * ''Xantholinus rufipennis'' (Erichson, 1839) * ''Xantholinus rufipes'' (P. Lucas, 1846) * ''Xantholinus rufus'' (Grimmer, 1841) * ''Xantholinus sardous'' (Gridelli, 1947) * ''Xantholinus sidonensis'' (Coiffait, 1956) * ''Xantholinus sighisoarae'' (Bordoni, 1973) * ''Xantholinus styriacus'' (Grimmer, 1841) * ''Xantholinus tothi'' (Bordoni, 1986) * ''Xantholinus translucidus'' (Scriba, 1870) * ''Xantholinus vandalicus'' (Bordoni, 1973) * ''Xantholinus varnensis'' (Coiffait, 1972) * ''Xantholinus vinicolor'' (Ushakov, 1989) * ''Xantholinus vitalei'' (Bernhauer, 1943) * ''Xantholinus wrasei'' (Bordoni, 1989) * ''Xantholinus zalathnae'' (Bordoni, 1973) {{Div col end}}

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==External links== {{Commons category}} {{Wikispecies}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080405012936/http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Xantholinus_Genus.asp ''Xantholinus''.] Zipcode Zoo.

Category:Staphylinidae genera Category:Staphylininae Category:Taxa named by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean