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Genus of beetles

Xantholinus
Xantholinus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Staphylininae
Tribe: Xantholinini
Genus: Xantholinus
Dejean, 1821
Species

274+

Xantholinus is a genus of the beetle family Staphylinidae, the rove beetles. They can be found throughout the world. Most are native to the Palearctic realm, and some have been introduced to North America.

The larvae of at least some species are bioluminescent.

There are about 274 species in this genus.

Xantholinus glabratus

Species include:

References

  1. ^ Rosa, S. P. (2010). Second record of bioluminescence in larvae of Xantholinus Dejean (Staphylinidae, Xantholinini) from Brazil. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 54(1) 147-48.
  2. Brunke, A. and C. G. Majka. (2010). The adventive genus Xantholinus Dejean (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae in North America: new records and a synthesis of distributional data. ZooKeys 65 51–61.

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Taxon identifiers
Xantholinus


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