GENl^RIC NAMES OF THE FAMILY STAPHYLINIDAE 21 



A. LIST OF GENERIC NAMES 



Here are listed in alphabetical order all the names applied to genera 

 and subgenera of Staphylinidae, with all the variations in spelling 

 that have been found. The status of the name, its genotype history, 

 its present synonymy (objective and subjective), and any pertinent 

 facts about its validation or history are given. If the name is listed as 

 a genus, its subgenera and synonyms are listed. It it represents a sub- 

 genus, its own synonymy is given with a reference to the genus. If 

 it is a synonym, its own history is given with a reference to the genus 

 or subgenus. If the name is a nomen nudum (a printed name not 

 validly published under the Rules) its history is cited. If the name 

 is an error in spelling or an emendation, reference is made to the 

 accepted spelling form. 



1. NAME AND REFERENCE 



The name is followed by its author and reference to the original pub- 

 lication by date and page. (These references can be identified in the 

 bibliography.) If the first publication is a nomen nudum, the entire 

 reference is enclosed in parentheses, followed by the first valid refer- 

 ence. This is followed on the same line by a statement of junior 

 homonymy and junior synonymy, if any is recognized, in brackets. 

 For example : 

 CORYNOCERUS (Dejean, 1883, p. 68 ; 1837, p. 77 ; nomen nudum) Eichelbaum, 



1915, p. 104. [Synonym of Carpelimus.] 



Here the two Dejean uses were invalid; Eichelbaum was the first to 

 validate the name ; and it is listed as a synonym of Carpelimus. All 

 known references to the nomen nudum are given, to show what part of 

 its history has been checked. Homonymy would be listed thus : [not 

 Corijnocerus Smith, 1814 ; and Jones, 1898.] 



2. STATUS OF NAME 



If the generic name was established without inclusion of species, the 

 reference is followed by a statement to that effect. If it was estab- 

 lished upon species only, without generic description, this is stated. 

 The few genera based only on species known as fossils are identified 

 by the word fossil in brackets after the reference. 



In several of the important early works on Staphylinidae (Graven- 

 horst, Samouelle, Stephens, etc.) many new names are credited to 

 other workers from whom the names were received. Gravenhorst 

 credits several names to Knoch ; Samouelle and Stephens credit many 

 to Kirby and to Leach. 



Some later writers continued to credit these names to the manu- 

 script author (Leach, Kirby) or to the label author (Knoch), but 



