32 BULLETIN 200, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



not believe belong there, or, as in this case he cited as genotype a species 

 that is believed by Tottenham to be generically distinct from the true 

 genotype of Hesperophllus Curtis. 



This use, or misuse, by Thomson of the name Hesperophllus Curtis 

 is not a separately validated name but merely a misapplication of an 

 older one. To say that it has a genotype is nonsense, and to claim that 

 its genotype automatically becomes the genotype of a later name for 

 the segregate genus is compounding the nonsense. 



The following "new names" of Tottenham are in this category: 

 Bobitobus ( Boletohius auct.), Chyusata {Tachyusa auct.), Cotysops 

 [HesperopMlus auct.), Craetopycrus [Platysthetus auct.), Hypony- 

 grus {Gyrohypus auct.), Lepla {Myrmedonia auct.), Lomechusoides 

 {LoTnechusa auct.), Onibathum {Anthohiimi auct.), Pischnopoda 

 {Ischnopoda auct.), Schinomosa {Mycetoporus auct.), and Sedo- 

 moma {Bessopora auct.). These are all new genera, not merely new 

 names. They are all acceptably published, since they have references 

 to generic descriptions as well as genotype fixations. The latter are 

 acceptable since Tottenham states what the types are, even though his 

 stated explanations of why he thinks so are based on misconceptions. 



GENERIC NAMES OF STAPHYLINIDAE 



ABABA CTUS Sharp, 1885, p. 533. [Subgenus of Ochthephilum.] 

 Genotype: AMMctus depressus Sharp. 

 Fixed iy: Lucas, 1920, p. 66, by subsequent designation. 

 Later citations : A. depressus Sharp, by Blackwelder, 1939, p. 117 ; 1943, p. 331. 

 Synonyms: (See OchthephiUim) . 



Notes : The present disposition of this name is based on the study by Black- 

 welder (1939). 

 ABEMUS Mulsant and Rey, 1876b, p. 242. [Subgenus of Platydracus.] 

 Genotype: Aiemus chloropterus (Panzer) {Staphylinns) . 

 Fixed hy: Blackwelder, 1943, p. 443, by subsequent designation. 

 Synonymic homonyms : 



Abemus Mulsant and Rey, 1887a, p. 98. 

 Synonyms: (See also Platydracus) . 

 PAEABEMUS Reitter, 1909, p. 118. 

 Notes : This has previously been listed as a subgenus of Staphylinus. 

 ABINOTHUM Tottenham, 1939a, p. 225. [Subgenus of Eusphalerum.] 

 Genotype: Ahinothnm longipenne (Erichson) {AntJiohium) . 

 Fixed by: Tottenham, 1939a, p. 225, by original designation and monotypy. 

 Discussion: AnthoMum longipenne Erichson was antedated by AnthoMum 

 longipenne Stephens, but the latter appears to have been a manuscript 

 name which was never validated. 

 Synonyms: (See Eusphalerum). 

 ABLETOBIUM Casey, 1905, p. 79. [Subgenus of Lathrobium.] 

 Genotype : Abletobium pallescens Casey. 

 Fixed by : Casey, 1905, p. 79, by monotypy. 

 Later citations: A. pallescens Casey, by Blackwelder, 1939, p. 109; 1943, 



p. 307. 

 Synonyms: (See Lathrobium). 



