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BESSOPORA Thomson— Continued 



Later citations : B. soror Thomson, by Fenyes, 1918, p. 21, not originally in- 

 cluded. B. testacea (Erichson) , by Tottenham, 1939a, p. 226 ; 1949b, p. 401. 

 Discussion : Tottenham's citation was made by error under the name Besso- 



bia. This was corrected by Tottenham in 1940. 

 Synonymic homonyms : 



Bessopora Thomson, 1861, p. 23. 

 Synonyms: (See also Oxypoda) 



Demosoma Thomson, 1859, p. 37. 

 Dromyusa Mulsant and Rey, 1875a, p. 192. 

 Variant spellings: 



Bessobia Tottenham, 1939a, p. 226. [Not Thomson, 1858.] 

 Notes : Tottenham in 1939 was the first since 1859 to point out the true geno- 

 type. He therefore was the first reviser and had the right to choose 

 between the subjective synonyms Bessopora and Demosoma. He did not 

 do so explicitly, although there is some indication that he believed Bes- 

 sopora to be the correct name. This omission was corrected in 1949, when 

 Demosoma was explicitly suppressed, 

 BEYERIA Fenyes, 1910, p. 118. 



Genotype : Beyeria vespa Fenyes. 



Fixed hy : Fenyes, 1910, p. 118, by original designation and monotypy. 

 Later citations : B. vespa Fenyes, by Fenyes, 1918, p. 21 ; by Sanderson, 1943, 

 p. 137. 

 BIOCRYPTA Casey, 1905, p. 51. 



Genotype : Bioa'ypta prospiciens (LeConte) (CryptoUum). 

 Fixed hy : Casey, 1905, p. 51, by original designation and monotypy. 

 Later citations : B. prospiciens LeConte, by Blatchley, 1917, p. 236; by Black- 

 welder, 1939, p. 117 ; 1943, p. 335. 

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

 welder (1939). 

 BISMIUS [Error for Bisnius'\. 

 BISMUS [Error for Bisnius]. 

 BISNIUS Curtis, 1829, p. 26. [Subgenus of PUlonthus^ 



Genotype : Bisnius cephalotes (Gravenhorst) (Staphylintts) . (Not Gmelin, 



1790.) 

 Fixed by : Curtis, 1829, p. 26, by virtual monotypy. 



Later citations: B. cephalotes (Gravenhorst), by Westwood, 1838a, p. 16; 

 by Lacordaire, 1854, p. 81 ; by Chenu and Desmarest, 1857, p. 59. B. elon- 

 gatulus (Erichson), by Thomson, 1859, p. 25, not originally included. 

 B. cephalotes (Gravenhorst), by Mulsant and Rey, 1876, p. 585; 1877a, 

 p. 441 ; by Blackwelder, 1943, p. 399. 

 Discussion : Of the four trivial names listed by Curtis in 1829 only cephalotes 

 had been previously published ; the rest were nomina nuda. Thus the only 

 species available as genotype is cephalotes. 

 Synonymic homonyms : 



BisNiiTs Stephens, 1829a, p. 23. 

 BiSNius Stephens, 1829b, p. 283. 

 BisNius Stephens, 1832, p. 200, 226. 

 BiSNius Stephens, 1833, p. 247. 

 Homonyms by misidentification : 



BisNius of Thomson, lSo9=Neobisnius. 

 Synonyms : ( See also Philonthus ) . 

 Gefyrobixjs Thomson, 1859, p. 24. 



