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OCHTHEPHILUM Stephens— Continued 



Notes : The present disposition of this name is based on the study by Black- 

 welder (1939). 

 OCHTHEPHILUS Mulsant and Rey, 1856a, p. 1. [Not Stephens, 1835.] 

 Genotype: Ochthephilus flexuosus Mulsant and Rey. 

 Fixed by : Mulsant and Rey, 1856a, p. 1, by virtual monotypy, since the other 



two species were doubtfully included. 

 Synonyms : 



Ancybophoeus Kraatz, 1858b, p. 886. 

 MiSANCYBUs des Gozis, 1886, p. 15. [Subgenus.] 

 PsiLOTEicHUS Luze, 1904a, p. 69. [= Misancyrus.] 

 OcHTHEPHiLiNus Eichelbaum, 1915, p. 104. [New name.] 

 Variant spellings : 



OcHTHEPiLus Seidlitz, 1891, p. 90. 

 OcHTEPHiLUS Mulsant and Rey, 1878c, pi. 6, f. 17. 

 OcTHEPHJXUS Fowler, 1888, p. 384. 

 Notes : This name has been erroneously considered to be a homonym of 

 Ochthephilus Stephens. The latter, however, is a typographical error or 

 lapsus and has no standing in nomenclature. The name Ochthephilus 

 Nietner apparently was first published in 1856, but the actual date has not 

 been discovered. I am forced to conclude that the Mulsant and Rey name 

 is acceptable at the present time. The incorrect dating of Kraatz' work 

 as 1S56 is responsible for the failure to recognize the priority of Ochthe- 

 philus. The latter was probably also believed to be a junior homonym of 

 Ochthephilum, which is a view not sanctioned by the Rules. 

 OCHTHEPHILUS Stephens, 1835, p. 440. [Error for Ochthephilum. Not Mul- 

 sant and Rey, 1856.] 

 OCHTHEPILUS [Error for Ochthephilus Mulsant and Rey]. 

 OCHTHEXENUS Motschulsky, 1860c, p. 546. [Synonym of Omaliun.] 

 Oenotype: Ochthewenus rivulans (PaykuU) (Staphylinus) . 

 Pi-xed by : des Gozis, 1886, p. 16, by subsequent designation. 

 Later citatio^is : 0. clavicornis Motschulsky, by Blackwelder, 1943, p. 53. 

 Discussion: The citation by Blackwelder was made in the belief that the 

 genus was monobasic, inasmuch as Motschulsky, described only one species. 

 However, he mentioned also "notre Ochth. rivularis" which is unquestion- 

 ably the European Omulimn rivulare Paykull. The designation of des 

 Gozis is therefore valid. 

 Synonyms: {See Omalium) . 

 Variant spellings : 



OcTHEXENus Cameron, 1930a, p. 138. 

 OCIPUS [Error for Ocypus]. 

 OCTAVIUS Fauvel, 1873a, p. 62. 



Genotype : Octavius pyrenaeus Fauvel. 



Fixed by : Lucas, 1920, p. 449, by subsequent designation. 



Synonyms : 



Anillosthetus Mulsant and Rey, 1876a, p. 146. 

 OCTEPHILUM [Error for Ochthephilum}. 

 OCTHEPHILUM [Error for Ochthephilum]. 

 OCTHEPHILUS [Error for Ochthephilus]. 

 OCTHEXENUS [Error for Ochthexenus]. 

 OCTHOPHILUM [Error for Ochthephilum]. 



