a. Entom. [f. mod.L. Xantholinus (f. Gr. ξανθός yellow, with ending of Staphylinus, an allied genus) + -(I)FORM.] Resembling in form the beetles of the genus Xantholinus.
1847. Hardy, in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, II. No. 5. 250. Ph[ilonthus] procerulus … Narrow, elongate, sub-parallel, xantholiniform.
