Philonthus nitidus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Staphylininae
Tribus: Staphylinini
Subtribus: Philonthina
Genus: Philonthus
Species: Philonthus nitidus

Name

Philonthus (Philonthus) nitidus (Fabricius, 1787: 220)

Synonymy

• Staphylinus nitidus Fabricius, 1787: 220 [original combination]
• Staphylinus saxatilis Schrank, 1781: 234 [nomen dubium (Herman 2001, Smetana 2004); as nomen dubium in Staphylinus, Smetana 2004: 684; in Philonthus, syn. nitidus, Herman 2001: 2896]
• Staphylinus coenosus Gravenhorst, 1806: 51
• Philonthus scansor Gistel, 1857: 70 [synonym in Schillhammer 2009: 114]

Native distribution areas

Europe (AU CZ DE EN FI FR GB GE HU IT LA LT NL NR PL RO SK SP SV SZ UK YU), Russia (European, East & West Siberia), Kazakhstan, Mongolia.

References

Primary references

• Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa insectorum, sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Vol. 1: 348 pp. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 220]

Additional references

• Mazur, A., Yan, W. & Górz, A. 2019. New locality and new habitat data of Philonthus nitidus (Fabr., 1787) (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in the Polish Carpathians. Zootaxa 4559(3): 587–592. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4559.3.11 Reference page.