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ELLIPSOTOMUS [Error for ElUptomal. 



ELLIPTOMA Motschulsky, 1845, p. 41, without species. [Synonym of Tacliinus.l 

 Genotype: ElUptotna marginellus (Fabricius) {Staphylinus) . 

 Fixed hy : Tottenham, 1939b, p. 229, by subsequent designation, as 



Ellipsotomus. 

 Later citations'. E. marginellus (Fabricius), by Tottenham, 1949b, p. 381. 

 Discussion : The name Elliptoma was validated in 1845 by descriptive re- 

 marks, but M'ithout the three Russian species being named. The first 

 species included by name appear to have been Mpustulatus, lignorum, 

 marginellus, ruflpes, and subterraneus, by Motschulsky in 1857 (£)tudes 

 entomologiques, fasc. 6, p. 53). This paper of Motschulsky appears to be 

 prior to one by him in volume 31 of the Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou (1858) 

 in which he names three other species. 

 Synonyms: {See Tachiniis) . 

 Variant spellings : 



EixiPOTOMA Motschulsky, 1858, p. 215. [Not Spinola, 1844.] 

 Elupsotoma Motschulsky, 1868, p. 50. 

 Ellipsotomus Motschulsky, 1857, p. 53. 

 Notes : There is no direct evidence that any of the later spellings was 

 intentional. 

 ELMAS Blackwelder, new name. 



Genotype: Elmas niodesta (Sharp) (Selma). 



Fixed hy: Blackwelder, here, through objective synonymy with Selma, of 



which modesta had already been fixed as genotype. 

 Synonyms : 



Selma Sharp, 1876d, p. 426. [Objective. Not Adams, 1863.] 

 ELONIUM Leach, 1819, p. 175. 



Genotype: Elonium striatulum (Fabricius) (Staphylinus). 



Fixed hy: Leach, 1819, p. 175, by original designation and monot>'py, as 



"Omalium striatum." 

 Later citations: E. striatulum (Gravenhorst), by Leach, 1824, p. 175; by 

 Crotch, 1870, p. 233. E. striatulum (Fabricius), by Tottenham, 1949b, 

 p. 359. 

 Discussion : I agree with Tottenham that an error is evident in Samouelle"s 

 citation (which must, however, be credited to Leach) . If striatum Graven- 

 horst were the type, Acrolocha Thomson would be a synonym instead of 

 Coprophilus, Eomalotriclms, and Zonoptilus. 

 Synonymic homonyms : 



Elonium Westwood, 1827, p. 64. 

 Elonium Curtis, 1829, p. 29. 

 Elonium Stephens, 1829a, p. 25. 

 Elonium Stephens, 1829b, p. 296. 

 Homonyms hy misidentification : 



Elonium of Crotch, 1870=Acrolocha. 

 Synonyms : 



Coprophilus Latreille, 1829, p. 439. 

 HoMALOTEicHUs Solier, 1849, p. 321. 

 Zonoptilus Solsky, 1867, p. 85. 

 Notes : This name has been listed in the synonymy of Coprophilus in spite 

 of its obvious priority. 



