GENERIC NAMES OF THE FAMILY STAPHYLINIDAE 37 



ACROSTILICUS Hubbard, 1896, p. 299. 



Oenotype : Acrostilicus hospes Hubbard. 

 Fixed by : Hubbard, 1896, p. 299, by monotypy. 

 Later citatiom : A. hospes Hubbard, by Blackwelder, 1939, p. 117. 

 ACROSTOMA [Error for Acrotona'\. 



ACROTHORACONIA Bernhauer, 1934a, p. 216. [Subgenus of Bolitochara.] 

 Oenotype: Acrothoraconia momhassana (Bernhauer) (Zyras). 

 Fixed by : Bernhauer, 1934a, p. 216, by monotypy. 

 Synonyms: (See Bolitochara). 

 ACROTONA Thomson, 1859, p. 38. [Synonym of Ischnopoda.] 

 Oenotype : Acrotona aterrima (Gravenhorst) (Aleochara). 

 Fixed by : Thomson, 1859, p. 38, by original designation and monotypy. 

 Later citations: A. aterrima (Gravenhorst), by Fenyes, 1918, p. 20; by Not- 

 man, 1920, p. 727. A. fungi (Gravenhorst), by Scheerpeltz, 1929b, p. 245; 

 1934, p. 1634; not originally included. A. aterrima (Gravenhorst), by 

 Tottenham, 1949b, p. 395. 

 Discussion: Api)arently most writers have overlooked the fact that this genua 



was validated in 1S59 with a single species included. 

 Synonymic homonyms: 



AcKOTONA Thomson, 1861, p. 35. 

 Synonyms : ( See Ischnopoda ) . 

 Variant spellings: 



AcRONATA Mulsant and Key, 1874d, p. 197. 

 AcRONiTA Mulsant and Key, 1874d, p. 193. 

 AcEONOTA Mulsant and Eey, 1874d, p. 201. 



AcBOSTOMA Gibson and Griddle, 1920, p. (8).' [Not Le Sauvage, 1827.] 

 ACRULEA [Error for Acrulia]. 

 ACRULIA Thomson, 1858, p. 38. 



Genotype: Acrulia inflata (Gyllenhal) (Omalium). 



Fixed by : Thomson, 1858, p. 38, by monotypy. 



Later citations: A. inflata (Gyllenhal), by Thomson, 1859, p. 50; by Lucas, 



1920, p. 72 ; by Tottenham, 1949b, p. 354. 

 Synonymic homonyms : 



AcEULiA Thomson, 1859, p. 50. 

 Acrulia Thomson, 1861, p. 199. 

 Variant spellings : 

 ACEULEA Johansen, 1914, p. 608.* 

 ACTECHARIS [Error for Actocharis]. 

 ACTICOLA Cameron, 1944e, p. 618. 



Oenotype : Acticola falklamUca Cameron. 



Fixed by : Cameron, 1944e, p. 618, by original designation and monotypy. 

 ACTINUS Fauvel, 1878d, p. 250. 



Genotype: Act inns imperialis Fauvel. 

 Fixed by : Fauvel, 1878d, p. 250, by monotypy. 

 Later citations : A. imperialis Fauvel, by Lucas, 1920, p. 73. 

 ACTOBIUS Fauvel, 1876a, p. 257. [Synonym of Erichsonius.] 



Oenotype: Actohius cinerascens (Gravenhorst) (Staphylinus) . 

 Fixed by : Lucas, 1920, p. 73, by subsequent designation. 



Later citations: A. cinerascens (Gravenhorst), by Tottenham, 1939b, p. 228; 

 by Blackwelder, 1943, p. 440 ; by Tottenham, 1949b, p. 371. 



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