GENERIC NAMES OF THE FAMILY STAPHYLINIDAE 147 



ELYTHROBAEUS [Error for Elytrobaeus]. 



ELYTROBAEUS R. F. Sahlberg, 1844, p. 801. [Synonym of Oedichirus.] 

 Genotype: Elytrobaeus yeniculatus Sahlberg. 

 Fixed by : R. F. Sahlberg, 1844, p. 801, by monotypy. 

 Sijnonijtns : (See Oedichirus). 

 Vai-iant spellings : 



ELYTHROBAEUS Jakobson, 1909, p. 485. 



Notes : This work is also listed as 1846 and 1847. 



ELYTRUSA Casey, 1906, p. 334. [Synonym of Atheta.'i 



Genotype: Elytrusa granulata (Mannerheim) {Ilomalota). 



Fixed ly : Casey, 1906, p. 334, 336, by original designation and monotypy. 



Later citations: E. graminicola (Gravenhorst), by Fenyes, 1918, p. 22, not 



originally included. 

 Discussion: The citation of graminicola can be accepted only through the 



subjective synonymy of graminicola and granulata. 

 Synonyms: {See Atheta). 



Notes : Since Megista, of which this is a synonym, is here shown to be 

 itself a synonym of the subgenus Atheta, this is now listed as a synonym 

 under the subgenus Atheta. 

 EMCEPHALUS [Error for Encephalus^. 



EMOPOTYLUS Bernhauer, 1910, p. 359. [Subgenus of Oxytelus.] 

 Genotype: Emopotylus cuernavacanus (Bernhauer) (Oxytelus). 

 Fixed hy : Bernhauer, 1910, p. 359, by monotypy. 



Later citations : E. cuernavacanus Bernhauer, by Blackwelder, 1943, p. 91. 

 Synonyms: (See Oxytelus). 

 EMPLENOTA Casey, 1884a, p. 17. [Subgenus of Aleochara.} 

 Genotype : Emplenota maritima Casey. 

 Fixed by : Casey, 1884a, p. 17, by monotypy. 

 Later citations : E. maritima Casey, by Fenyes, 1918, p. 22 ; by Tottenham, 



1949b, p. 404. 

 Synonyms : ( See also Aleochara) . 



PoLYSTOMA Stephens, 1833a, p. 91. [Not Zeder, 1800.] 



PoLiSTOMA Casey, 1893 p. 289. [Not Gemminger and Harold, 1868. Not 



Chiaje, 1837.] 

 PoLYSTOMOTA Casey, 1906, p. 136. 

 PoLTSTOMARiA Reitter, 1909, p. 28. 

 POLYCHABiNA Reitter, 1909, p. 22. 

 EMUS Leach, 1819, p. 172. 



Oenotype: Emus hirtus (Linne) (Staphyliniis). 

 Fixed by : Leach, 1819, p. 172, by original designation and monotypy. 

 Later citations: E. hirtus (Linn6), by Leach, 1824, p. 172; by Curtis, 1835, 

 pi. 534 ; by Westwood, 1838a, p. 15 ; by Shuckard, 18.39, p. 119 ; by Thomson, 

 1859, p. 23 ; by Crotch, 1870, p. 233 ; by des Gozis, 1886, p. 14 ; by Lucas, 

 1920, p. 261 ; by Tottenham, 1949b, p. 375. 

 Synonymic homonyms: 



Emus Curtis, 1829, p. 24. 



Emus Stephens, 1829a, p. 22. 



Emus Stephens, 1829b, p. 274. 



Emus Mannerheim, 1831a, pp. 421, 430, 434. 



Emus Stephens, 1832, p. 203. 



Emus Curtis, 1835, pi. 534. 



