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BISNIUS Curtis— Continued 



Variant spellings : 



BiSMius Gravenhorst, 1840, p. 229. 

 BiSMUS Hamilton, 1894, p. 412.«* 

 Notes : Tliomson's misuse of tliis name for two species now believed to form 

 another genus gave rise to additional synonymy which does not apply to 

 Bisnius Leach. This is not truly a case of homonymy, because Thomson 

 credited the name to Stephens. It has generally not been recognized that 

 this name was validated in the Stephens Catalogue and Nomenclature 

 of 1829 and in the Curtis Arrangement of 1829. In each of these the name 

 was credited to Leach, with indications that the names were taken from 

 the Leach manuscripts. 

 BLAPTICOXENUS Mann, 1923, p. 362. 



Genotype '. Blapticoxenus hrunneus Mann. 



Fixed by : Mann, 1923, p. 362, by original designation and monotypy. 

 BLEDIODES Mulsant and Rey, 1878c, p. 576. [Synonym of Hesp&ophilm 

 Curtis.] 

 Genotype: Blediodes fracticornis (PaykuU) (Staphylinus). 

 Fixed by: Tottenham, 1939b, p. 228, by subsequent designation. 

 Later citations: B. fracticornis (Paykull), by Blackwelder, 1943, p. 112. 

 B. galUcus (Gravenhorst), by Tottenham, 1949, p. 364, not originally 

 included. 

 Synonymic homonyms : 



Blediodes Mulsant and Rey. 1879a, p. 134. 

 Synonyms: (See Hesperophilus Curtis). 

 Variant spellings : 



Bledioides Cameron, 1930a, p. 272. 

 Notes : This has generally been listed as a subgenus of Bledius. It is actually 

 an isogenotypic synonym of Hesperophilus. 

 BLEDIOIDES [Error for Blediodes}. 

 BLEDIOTROGUS Sharp, 1900, p. 234. 



Genotype: Blediotrogus guttifer Sharp. 



Fixed by : Sharp, 1900, p. 234, by monotypy. 



Later citations : B. guttifer Sharp, by Lucas, 1920, p. 140. 



Variant spellings : 



Blediotropus Schultze et al., 1926, p. 411. 

 BLEDIOTROPUS [Error for Blediotrogus}. 

 BLEDIUS Leach, 1819, p. 174. 



Genotype: Blediu.s armatus (Panzer) (Staphylinus). 

 Fixed by : Leach, 1819, p. 174, by monotypy. 



Later citations: B. tricornis (Paykull), by Curtis, 1826, pi. 143; by West- 

 wood, 183Sa, p. 17 ; by Shuckard, 1839, p. 99 ; by Thomson, 1859, p. 42 ; not 

 originally included. B. armatus (Panzer), by Crotch, 1870, p. 233; by 

 Blackwelder, 1943, p. 112. B. tricornis (Herbst), by Tottenham, 1949b, 

 p. 363, 364, not originally included. 

 Discussion: The method of fixation was erroneously given by Blackwelder 

 as original designation. In many similar tabulations Samouelle states 

 that the species listed are the types, but he does not so state in this case. 

 Lucas (1920, p. 140) fails to cite a single species as type. 

 Synonymic homonyms : 



Bledius Curtis, 1824, pi. 23. 

 Bledius Curtis, 1826, pi. 143. 



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