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LITHOCARIS [Error for Lithocharis] . 

 LITHOCARUS [Error for LitJiocharis]. 

 LITHOCHARIS Dejean, 1833, p. 65. 



Genotype: Lithocharis ochracea (Gravenhorst) (Paederus). 

 Fixed hy : Thomson, 1869, p. 28, by subsequent designation. 

 Later eitations: L. ochracea (Gravenhorst), by Mulsant and Rey, 1878a, 

 p. 174 ; 1878b, p. 174 ; by Lucas, 1920, p. 379 ; by Blackwelder, 1939, p. 119 ; 

 by Tottenham, 1940, p. 52; by Blackwelder, 1943, p. 239; by Tottenham, 

 1949b, p. 367. 

 Bynonymic homonyms : 



LiTHocHAKis Gistel, 1834, p. 9. 



LiTHOCHABis Boisduval and Lacordaire, 1835, p. 431. 

 Synonyms : 



PsEUDOMEDON Mulsant and Rey, 1878a, p. 166. 

 Metaxyodonta Casey, 1886a, p. 29. 

 Ramona Casey, 1886b, p. 213. 

 Stilocharis Sharp, 1886b, p. 576. 

 Ophiomedon Sharp, 1886b, p. 567. 

 Variant spellings : 



Arthocharis Cameron, 1921b, p. 372. [Lapsus.] 

 LiTHOCARis Chevrolat, 1847, p. 393. 

 LiTHOCARUS Knaus, 1904, p. 154.*^ 

 LiTHOCHARius Kraatz, 1857c, p. 664. 

 LiTHOCHERis Deyrolle, 1871, p. 132.*" 

 LrrocHARis Redtenbacher, 1845, p. 141. 

 Lthocharis Rey, 1885, p. 1." 

 Notes : I previously believed that Arthocharis was a separately validated 

 name. Reexamination convinces me that it was a lapsus and therefore 

 does not require a genotype. The present disposition of this name is 

 based on the study by Blackwelder (1939). 

 LITHOCHARITOIDES Rye, 1878, p. 36. [Emendation of Lithocharodes]. 

 Genotype: Lithocharitoides fuscipennis (Sharp) (Lithocharodes) . 

 Fixed hy : Rye, 1878, p. 36, through objective synonymy with Lithocharodeg, 



of which fuscipennis had already been fixed as genotype. 

 Synonyms : ( See lAthocharodes ) . 

 LITHOCHARIUS [Error for Lithocharis]. 

 LITHOCHARODES Sharp, 1876b, p. 204. 



Genotype : Lithocharodes fuscipennis Sharp, 

 Fixed by : Sharp, 1876b, by monotypy. 



Later citations : L. fuscipennis Sharp, by Lucas, 1920, p. 379 ; by Black- 

 welder, 1943, p. 496. 

 Synonyms : 



Lithocharitoides Rye, 1878, p. 36. [Emendation.] 

 Variant spellings : 



Lithocharitoides Rye, 1878, p. 36. [Emendation.] 

 LITHOCHERIS [Error for Lithocharis]. 

 LITHOFLANES Scudder, 1886, p. 81. [Fossil.] 



Genotype: Liihoplanes elongata (Oustalet) {Erinnys). 

 Fixed by : Blackwelder, above, through designation for Erinnys, of which 

 Lithoplanes is an objective synonym. 



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