Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Alternative spelling: Xantholonini
Full reference: W. F. Erichson. 1839. Genera et Species Staphylinorum Insectorum Coleopterorum Familiae 1-400
Parent taxon: Staphylininae according to J. L. Reyes‐Hernández et al. 2025
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Casey 1906, Chatzimanolis and Engel 2013, Erichson 1839, Herman 2001, Tihelka et al. 2020 and Żyła and Solodovnikov 2020
Sister taxa: Arrowinini, Coomaniini, Cretoprosopus, Diochini, Megolisthaerus, Othiini, Paleothius, Platyprosopini, Staphylinini, Tanygnathinini, Thayeralinini
Subtaxa: Gyrohypnus Leptacinus Neohypnus Neoxantholinus Xantholinus
Type: Xantholinus
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (6 collections), United States (1: Colorado)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (4: Colorado)
Total: 14 collections including 22 occurrences