''Xantholinus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of the beetle family

Staphylinidae The rove beetles are a family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With roughly 63,000 species in thousands of genera, th ...

, the rove beetles. They can be found throughout the world.Rosa, S. P. (2010)
Second record of bioluminescence in larvae of ''Xantholinus'' Dejean (Staphylinidae, Xantholinini) from Brazil.
''Rev. Bras. Entomol.'' 54(1) 147-48. Most are native to the

Palearctic realm The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...

, and some have been introduced to North America.Brunke, A. and C. G. Majka. (2010)
The adventive genus ''Xantholinus'' Dejean (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae in North America: new records and a synthesis of distributional data.
''ZooKeys'' 65 51–61. The

larva A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. Th ...

e of at least some species are

bioluminescent Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by living organisms. It is a form of chemiluminescence. Bioluminescence occurs widely in marine vertebrates and invertebrates, as well as in some fungi, microorganisms including some b ...

. There are about 274 species in this genus. Xantholinus glabratus 2

Species include: * '' Xantholinus appenninicola'' (Steel, 1946) * '' Xantholinus baeticus'' (Bordoni, 1975) * '' Xantholinus balearicus'' (Coiffait, 1962) * '' Xantholinus bonomettoi'' (Bordoni, 1972) * '' Xantholinus bordonii'' (Coiffait, 1970) * '' Xantholinus bulgaricus'' (Coiffait, 1972) * '' Xantholinus cerrutii'' (Coiffait, 1964) * '' Xantholinus coiffaiti'' (H. Franz, 1966) * '' Xantholinus colasi'' (Jarrige, 1941) * '' Xantholinus devillei'' (Coiffait, 1956) * '' Xantholinus elegans'' (Olivier, 1795) * '' Xantholinus euboicus'' (Korge, 1973) * '' Xantholinus fortepunctatus'' (Motschulsky, 1860) * '' Xantholinus franzi'' (Bordoni, 1973) * '' Xantholinus fuenteanus'' (Reitter, 1901) * '' Xantholinus gastraeus'' (Gistel, 1857) * '' Xantholinus graecus'' (Kraatz, 1858) * '' Xantholinus gridellii'' (Coiffait, 1956) * '' Xantholinus humidicola'' (Gistel, 1857) * '' Xantholinus ibericus'' (Steel, 1950) * '' Xantholinus maritimus'' (Reitter, 1908) * '' Xantholinus morandi'' (Coiffait, 1958) * '' Xantholinus nicolasi'' (Coiffait, 1972) * '' Xantholinus occultans'' (Gistel, 1857) * '' Xantholinus padus'' (Coiffait, 1973) * '' Xantholinus pantokratoris'' (Bordoni, 1975) * '' Xantholinus perezi'' (Outerelo, 1976) * '' Xantholinus phenicus'' (Coiffait, 1971) * '' Xantholinus proceroides'' (Coiffait, 1971) * '' Xantholinus procerus'' (Erichson, 1839) * '' Xantholinus quadratus'' (Stephens, 1833) * '' Xantholinus ruffoi'' (Bordoni, 1972) * '' Xantholinus rufipennis'' (Erichson, 1839) * '' Xantholinus rufipes'' (P. Lucas, 1846) * '' Xantholinus rufus'' (Grimmer, 1841) * '' Xantholinus sardous'' (Gridelli, 1947) * '' Xantholinus sidonensis'' (Coiffait, 1956) * '' Xantholinus sighisoarae'' (Bordoni, 1973) * '' Xantholinus styriacus'' (Grimmer, 1841) * '' Xantholinus tothi'' (Bordoni, 1986) * '' Xantholinus translucidus'' (Scriba, 1870) * '' Xantholinus vandalicus'' (Bordoni, 1973) * '' Xantholinus varnensis'' (Coiffait, 1972) * '' Xantholinus vinicolor'' (Ushakov, 1989) * '' Xantholinus vitalei'' (Bernhauer, 1943) * '' Xantholinus wrasei'' (Bordoni, 1989) * '' Xantholinus zalathnae'' (Bordoni, 1973)

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