Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Allotriocarida > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Infraclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Staphyliniformia > Superfamily Staphylinoidea > Family Staphylinidae > Subfamily Staphylininae > Tribe Staphylinini > Subtribe Philonthina > Genus Philonthus > Subgenus Philonthus (Philonthus)

Philonthus (Philonthus) ventralis (Gravenhorst, 1802)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Staphylinus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Philonthus*	Stephens, 1829	accepted genus name
*Cephalonthus*	Blackwelder, 1952	generic synonym
*Kenonthus*	Coiffait, 1960	generic synonym
*Kirschenblatia*	Bolov & Kryzhanovskij, 1969	generic synonym
*Laxobates*	Gistel, 1834	generic synonym
*Metagabrius*	Coiffait, 1974	generic synonym
*Palaeophilonthus*	Coiffait, 1972	generic synonym
*Paragabrius*	Coiffait, 1963	generic synonym
*Paralionthus*	Adam, 1996	generic synonym
*Philonthopsis*	Cameron, 1932	generic synonym
*Spatulonthus*	Tottenham, 1955	generic synonym
*Trionthus*	Coiffait, 1963	generic synonym

Species group names

*Bisnius fulvipes*	Stephens, 1833	subjective synonym
*Bisnius fuscicornis*	Stephens, 1833	subjective synonym
*Bisnius rotundiceps*	Stephens, 1833	subjective synonym
*Bisnius simplex*	Stephens, 1833	subjective synonym
*Philonthus (Philonthus) fortunatus*	Wollaston, 1865	subjective synonym
*Philonthus (Philonthus) proximus*	Wollaston, 1857	subjective synonym
*Quedius picicollis*	Stephens, 1832	subjective synonym
*Staphylinus anthrax*	Gravenhorst, 1802	subjective synonym
*Staphylinus celer*	Gravenhorst, 1806	subjective synonym
*Staphylinus immundus*	Gravenhorst, 1806	subjective synonym