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CEPHALONTHUS Bernhauer— Continued 



Votes : This name was not properly published because of lack of genotyi)e 

 designation. 

 CEPHALOPLECTUS (See Appendix). 

 CEPHALOXYNUM Bernhauer, 1907c, p. 282. 



Oenotype : Cephaloxynum gestroi Bernhauer. 

 Fixed by : Bernhauer, 1907c, p. 282, by monotypy. 



Later citations: C. gestroi Bernhauer, by Lucas, 1920, p. 171; by Black- 

 welder, 1943, p. 458. 

 Synonyms : 



PoNTicTJLUs Bierig, 1931, p. 424. [Subgenus.] 

 CEPHISUS Fauvel, 1872, p. 134. [Junior homonym of Cephisus Raflnesque, 

 1815, and St&l, 1866. Synonym of Acanthoglossa Kraatz.] 

 Genotype : Cephisus orientis Fauvel. 

 Fixed iy: Fauvel, 1873b, p. 13, by being the first included species (subsequent 



monotypy). 

 Later citations: C. orientis Fauvel, by Blackwelder, 1939, p. 117. 

 Synonymic homonyms : 



Cephisus Fauvel, 1873b, p. 13. 

 Cephisus Fauvel, 1873c, p. 299. 

 Synonyms: (See Acanthoglossa Kraatz). 



Notes : This genus was published in a key in 1872 without mention of species 

 The first species included by name was orientis in 1873. 

 CERANOTA Stephens, 1839, p. 351. [Subgenus of Aleochara.} 

 Oenotype : Ceranota daltoni Stephens. 

 Fixed ly : Stephens, 1839, p. 351, by monotypy. 



Later citations : C. daltoni Stephens, by Westwood, 1840a, p. 156. C. rufi- 

 comis (Gravenhorst), by Jacquelin du Val, 1857, p. 12; not originally in- 

 cluded. C. daltoni Stephens, by des Gozis, 1886, p. 12. C. ruficomis 

 (Gravenhorst), by Fenyes, 1918, p. 21; by Tottenham, 1949b, p. 404; not 

 originally included. 

 Discussion: The citations of ruficomis can be accepted only through the 



subjective synonymy of ruficomis and daltoni. 

 Synonyms: (See also Aleochara). 



HoPLONOTUs Schmidt-Goebel, 1846, p. 245. [Subjective-objective.] 

 Ceeonota Agassiz, 1846, p. 72. [Emendation.] 

 Variant spellings : 



Cekonota Agassiz, 1846, p. 72. [Emendation.] 

 Ceronota Ihssen 1939, p. 61." 

 Notes : This genus was segregated by Stephens in 1829a and 1829b but not 

 named. 

 CERATOXENUS Mann, 1923, p. 360. [Synonym of Xenopelta.'] 

 Oenotype: Ceratoxenus tricornis Mann. 



Fixed by : Mann, 1923, p. 360, by original designation and monotypy. 

 Synonyms: {See Xenopelta). 



Notes : This has been listed as a separate genus, but it was suppressed as a 

 synonym by Emerson (1935, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., vol. 28, p. 369). 

 CERIHOXA [Error for Ceritaxa]. 



CERITAXA M ulsant and Key, 1873b, p. 164. [ Subgenus of Ischnopoda. ] 

 Oenotype : Ceritaxa spissata Mulsant and Rey. 

 Fixed by: Mulsant and Rey, 1873b, p. 364, by monotypy. 



»• Ent. Blatter, vol. 35. 



