Ontholestes
Genus of beetles
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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 | |
|---|---|
| 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]