GENERIC NAMES OF THE FAMILY STAPHYLINIDAE 301 



PHILHYGRA Mulsant and Rey— Continued 



Discussmi : The citations of palustris could be accepted only through the 



subjective synonymy of palustris and perdubia and ohscura. 

 Bynonytnic homonyms : 



Philhygra Mulsant and Rey, 1874e, p. 308. 

 PHILHYGRA Mulsaut and Rey, 1874a, p. 14. 

 Philhygra Mulsant and Rey, 1874d, p. 340. 

 Svnonyms: (See Ischnopoda). 

 Variant spellings: 



Philhydea Koch, 1936, p. 76.'* 



Philygra Bernhauer, 1907d, p. 387. [Not Stenhanner, 1873.] 

 PHILNTHUS [Error for Philontlms^. 

 PHILOMINA Blackwelder, new name. 



Genotype: Philomina fluviatilis (Cameron) (Mniophila). 



Fixed by: Blackwelder, here, through objective synonymy with MniophiJa, 



of which fluviatilis had already been fixed as genotype. 

 Synonyms : 



Mniophila Cameron, 1939b, p. 22 [Objective. Not Stephens, 1831; 

 etc.] 

 PHILOMYCETA Cameron, 1944a, p. 12. 



Genotype: PJiilomyccta caeruleipennis Cameron. 

 Fixed by : Cameron, 1944a, p. 12, by original designation. 

 PHILONTHELLUS Bernhauer, 1939a, p. 13. [Subgenus of Philonthus.-] 

 Genotype: PhilontheUus chilenus (Bernhauer) (Philonthtis). 

 Fixed by : Bernhauer, 1939a, p. 13, by monotypy. 

 Synonyms: {See Philontfius). 

 PHILONTHIUS [Error for Philonthus]. 

 PHILONTHNS [Error for Philonthus]. 



PHILONTHOBLERIUS Tottenham, 1949d, p. 300. [Subgenus of Philonthtis.l 

 Genotype: Philonthobleiius schoutedcni (Bernhauer) (Philonthus). 

 Fixed by : Tottenham, 1949d, p. 300, by monotypy and original designation. 

 Synonyms: (See Philonthus). 

 PHILONTHOPSIS Cameron, 1932a, p. 261. [Not Koch, 1936.] 

 Genotype : Philonthopsis antennalis Cameron. 

 Fixed by : Cameron, 1932a, p. 261, by monotypy. 

 PHILONTHOPSIS Koch, 1936, p. 173. [Junior homonym of Philonthopsis 

 Cameron, 1932. Synonym of Ifacus.] 

 Genotype: Philonthopsis sabitlosus (Fauvel) (Cafius). 

 Fixed by : Blackwelder, 1943, p. 435, by subsequent designation. 

 Synonyms: (See Ifacus). 



Notes : Koch states that the genus contains two Australian species, australis 

 and litoreus, but in the key he includes also the better-known sabulosus, 

 which is thus available for selection as genotype. 

 PHILONTHUS Curtis, 1829, p. 25. 



Genotype: Philonthus splendens (Fabricius) (Staphylinus) . 

 Fixed by : Curtis, 1836, pi. 610, by subsequent designation. 

 Later citations : P. politus (Linn6), by Westwood, 1838a, p. 16. P. splendens 

 (Fabricius), by Shuckard, 1839, p. 112. P. laminatus (Creutzer), by 

 Lacordaire, 1854, p. 81. P. splendens (Fabricius), by Thomson, 1859, p. 

 24. P. laminatus (Creutzer), by Blackwelder, 1943, p. 398; by Tottenham, 

 1949b, p. 372. 



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