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PHLAEOPTERUS Motschulsky— Continued 

 Vuriant spellings : 



Phloeiopteuus Kirsch, 1873, p. 134.'* 

 Phloeopterus LeConte, 1866b, p. 375. 

 Notes: Fauvel (1889) contended that this was a MS. name, but it included 

 one species which was described very briefly by distinguishing it from 

 a supposed relative (Lyrosoma opaca). 

 PHLEONOMUS [Error for Phloeonomusl. 

 PHLEOPORA [Error for Phloeopora}. 

 PHLIBOPLEURUS [Error for Thlibopleurus]. 

 PHLOCONOMUS [Error for Phloeonomus]. 

 PHLOCOPORA [Error for Phloeopora]. 

 PHLOEBIUM [Error for PhloeoMum}. 

 PHLOECHARIS [Error for Phloeocharis]. 

 PHLOEIOPTERUS [Error for Phlaeopterus]. 

 PHLOENAEUS [Error for Phloeonaeus]. 

 PHLOENOMUS [Error for Phloeonomus]. 

 PHLOEOBIUM Dejean, 1833, p. 69. [Synonym of Megarthrm.'] 

 Oenotype: PhloeoMum depressum (Paykull) (Staphylinus). 

 Fixed ly : Dejean, 1833, p. 69, by virtual monotypy. 



Later citations: P. clypeatum (Miiller), by Lucas, 1920, p. 503; by 

 Mequignon, 1939, p. 137 ; by Tottenham, 1939b, p. 227 ; not originally in- 

 cluded. P. depressum (Paykull), by Tottenham, 1949b, p. 358. 

 Discussion : This genus has generally been credited to Boisduval and Laeor- 

 daire (1835) or Erichson (1840) but was published in 1833 by Dejean. 

 Of the five specific names listed, only one was valid, making the genus 

 monobasic. 

 Synonyms : ( See Megarthrus ) . 

 Variant spellings : 



Phlacobium Hatch, 1927, p. 10." 

 Phlaeobium Brulle, 1837, p. 101. 

 Phloebium Lucas, 1920, p. 410, 503. 

 Phloeobius Chevrolat, 1847b, p. 567. 

 Phoeobium Erichson, 1839a, p. 642. 

 Ploeobium Redtenbacher, 1857, p. 257. 

 Homonyms ty misidentification : 



Phloeobium of Erichson, 1840=Metopsia. 

 PHLOEOBIUS [Error for Phloeohium] . 

 PHLOEOCARIS [Error for Phloeocharis]. 

 PHLOEOCHARIS Mannerheim, 1831a, p. 464. 



Genotype : Phloeocharis subtilissima Mannerheim. 

 Fixed by : Mannerheim, 1831a, p. 464, by monotypy. 



Later citations: P. subtilissima Mannerheim, by Westwood, 1838a, p. 18; 

 by Shuckard, 1839, p. 95 ; by Chevrolat, 1847a, p. 742 ; by Thomson, 1859, 

 p. 42 ; by Lucas, 1920, p. 503, by Tottenham, 1949b, p. 353. 

 Synonymic homonyms : 



Phloeochakis Mannerheim, 1831b, p. 50. 

 Synonyms: 



ScoTODYTES Saulcy, 1865, p. 18. [Subgenus.] 

 Therm ocHARis Fauvel, 1870, p. 48. [Subgenus.] 



"2 Berliner Ent. Zeitschr., vol. 17. 



M Univ. Minnesota Agr. Exp. Stat. Bull. 48. 



