Ontholestes

Ontholestes is a genus of large rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 20 described species in Ontholestes.^[1][2][3][4]

Ontholestes cingulatus

Ontholestes
Ontholestes cingulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Tribe:	Staphylinini
Subtribe:	Staphylinina
Genus:	Ontholestes Ganglbauer, 1895

Species

These 21 species belong to the genus Ontholestes:

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

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[5] c = Catalogue of Life,^[1] g = GBIF,^[2] b = Bugguide.net^[3]