Synonymy

• Staphylinus linearis Olivier, 1795: (42) 19 [original combination]
• Staphylinus ochraceus Gravenhorst, 1802: 43
• Staphylinus longiceps Gravenhorst, 1802: 177
• Staphylinus punctulatus Gravenhorst, 1802: 177 [preoccupied]
• Xantholinus multipunctatus Thomson, 1860: 191
• Xantholinus aequalis Fauvel, 1898: 98
• Xantholinus anglicus† Lesne, 1926: 8
• Xantholinus rossicus Bordoni, 1975: 66
• Xantholinus styriacus Grimmer, 1841: 33 [synonym by assing, 2017: 246]

Primary references

• Olivier, G-A. 1795. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes, avec leur caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur figure illuminée. Coléoptères. Tome troisième. Paris: Lanneau, 557 pp. [each genus with separate pagination; pp. i-xxviii = errata + explanation of plates; the 65 corresponding plates issued in 1788 as vol. 7 (in part)]. [original description: p. (42) 19]

• Assing, V. 2017. Taxonomic and faunistic notes on some West Palaearctic and Middle Asian Xantholinini, with a revalidation and new synonymies (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 49(1): 235–252. PDF Reference page.  [syn. nov., comment: p. 246]

Additional references

• Bordoni, A. 2007. Palaearctic Xantholinini of the Museum of Zoology in Lund, Sweden, with description of two new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 182° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae. Zootaxa 1624: 59–68. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179260 Reference page.  [material, distribution: p. 65]