GENERIC NAMES OF THE FAMILY STAPHYLINIDAE / 



D. Names not currently accepted. — Junior homonyms (class 6) are 

 identical names for different things. They must be further identified 

 for priority purposes as senior and junior homonyms. Since identical 

 names for different animals cannot be used under the Rules, the 

 younger or junior homonym must be replaced (with a junior synonym, 

 if there is one, or with a new name). Thus, all junior homonyms are 

 or should be also synonyms. They are often the senior synonym but 

 can never be used because of their homonymy. 



Junior synon3'ms (class 6) are two names for the same thing. 

 They may also be designated as senior and junior. Of far more 

 importance, however, is the distinction of objective (nomenclatural, 

 absolute, or isogenotypic) synonyms and subjective (zoological or 

 temporary) synonyms. Unlike homonyms, many junior synonyms 

 are the correct names for genera, because the senior synonyms cannot 

 be used (since they are also junior homonyms). 



Emendations are intentional changes in spelling of a name. 

 They may be justified under Article 19 of the Rules or unjusti- 

 fied. If justified, they replace the original spelling in all respects, 

 amounting to the correction of the original error. If unjustified 

 (class 7), they do not replace the original but are treated like en- 

 tirely separate names. They are synonyms of the original spelling 

 and objectively so. An unjustified emendation may replace the origi- 

 nal if the latter is not usable (because of homonymy). The emen- 

 dation is merely one of the junior synonyms among which priority 

 will dictate a selection. 



III. NAME FORMS NOT ACCORDED SEPARATE STATUS 



Names in classes 8, 9, and 10 do not have a separate status of their 

 own. They are errors of some sort and are best ignored. That is 

 to say, they should be corrected as soon as recognized and in most 

 regards treated as if the error had never been made. Of course, in 

 some outstanding cases, it is necessary for convenience to carry the 

 erroneous spelling in synonymy like a synonym. 



E. Misapplied names. — Misapplied names result from the failure 

 to recognize the true genotype and use it in determining the nature 

 of the genus. This may occur through accepting the wrong species 

 as genotype or through including in the genus species that are not 

 congeneric with the genotype. In either case the genus as understood 

 by the later worker may be quite different from that of its original 

 proposer, and much confusion can result. It is necessary to correct 

 these misapplications, usually by citing them in the synonymy of 

 some other generic name. They do not have genotypes, and in fact 

 have no real existence as names, although in some cases they may have 

 met the requirements of the Rules and be actually junior homonyms 

 of the original name. If a misapplication of an old name were 



