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COPROCHARA Mulsant and Eey, 1874b, p. 430. [Subgenus of Aleochara.] 

 Oenotype: Coprochara hilineata (Gyllenhal) (Aleochara). 

 Fixed iy : Feuyes, 191S, p. 21, by subsequent designation. 

 Later citations: C. hilineata (Gyllenhal), by Tottenham, 1949b, p. 403. 

 Synonymic homonyms : 



Coprochara Mulsant and Rey, 1874c, p. 146. 

 Synonyms'. (See Aleochara). 

 Variant spellings : 



CoPRACHARA Vorls, 1934, p. 243.* 

 COPROPHILUS Latreille, 1829, p. 439. [ Synonym of Elonium. ] 

 Oenotype: Voprophilus rugosiis (Olivier) {Staphylinus) . 

 Fixed ly : Latreille, 1829, p. 439, by monotypy. 



Later citations: C. striatulus (Fabricius), by Westwood, 1838a, p. 18; by 



Shuckard, 1839, p. 95; not originally included. C. rugosus (Graveuhorst), 



by Cuvier, 1849, p. 187. C. striatulus (Fabricius), by Thomson, 1859, 



p. 45 ; by Lucas, 1920, p. 201, not originally included. 



Discussion: The citations of striatulus could be accepted only through the 



subjective synonymy of striatulus and rugosus. 

 Synonyms : ( See Elonium ) . 

 Variant spellings: 



Capilus Delfin, 1900, p. 9." 

 CoPHOPHYLUS Laporte, 1835, p. 125. 

 CoPROPHYLUs Eichelbaum, 1915, p. 104. 

 Ceopophilus Lucas, 1920, p. 681. 

 Croprophilus Chenu and Desmarest, 1857, p. 95. 

 COPROPHORUS [Error for Coproporus]. 

 COPROPHYLUS [Error for Coprophilus^. 



COPROPORUS Eichelbaum, 1909, p. 148. [Error for Cryptoporus.} 

 COPROPORUS Kraatz, lS57c, p. 399. [Synonym of Erchomus.} 

 Oenotype: Coproporus rutilus (Erichson) (Tachinus) . 

 Fixed ly : BlacJcwelder, 1938, p. 2, by subsequent designation. 

 Later citations : C. colchicus Kraatz, by Lucas, 1920, p. 201, not originally 



included. C. rutilus (Erichson), by Blackwelder, 1943, p. 512. 

 Discussion: No species were cited by name in the original publication, and 

 the first species included was probably colchicus. However, in the original 

 it is stated that the genus is set up for Family I of Tachinus of Erichson, 

 where 18 species are described. Only these 18 are available for genotype 

 selection. 

 Synonyms : ( See Erchomus ) . 

 Variant spellings : 



CopROBONTjs Gundlach, 1891, p. 55.*^ 

 CoPROBORUs Gundlach, 1891, p. 55.** 

 CoPROPHORUs Lucas, 1858, p. cccv.** 

 COPROSTYGNUS Sharp, 1886a, p. 380. 



Oenotype : Coprostygnus sculptipennis Sharp. 



Fixed ly : Sharp, lSS6a, p. 380, by monotypy. 



Later citations : C. sculptipennis Sharp, by Lucas, 1920, p. 201. 



Synonymic homonyms : 



Coprostygnus Broun, 1893a, p. 1027. 



80 Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, vol. 28. 



8^ Rev. Chilena Hist. Nat, vol. 4. 



** Contribucion a la entomologia Cubana, vol. 3, 404 pp. Habana. 



«» Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1858. 



