Ontholestes

Ontholestes is a genus of large rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 20 described species in Ontholestes. thumb|Ontholestes cingulatus

==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