GENERIC NAMES OF THE FAMILY STAPHYLINIDAE 311 



PLACUSA Erichson— Continued 

 Synonyms : 



Calpusa Mulsant and Rey, lS72b, p. 198. [Subgenus.] 

 PLAGANTHUS [Error for Phaganthus]. 

 PLAGIARTHRINA Keys, 1920, p. 131. 



Oenotiipc: Plagiarthrina fordhamiana (Keys) (Meta.ryn). 

 Fixed by : Keys, 1920, p. 131, by monotypy. 



Later citations: P. terminaUs (Gravenhorst), by Tottenham, 1949b, p. 398. 

 PLAGIUSA Bernhauer, 1915a, p. 27. [Junior homonym of Plagiusa Rafinesque, 

 1815, and Bonaparte, 1841. Synonym of Neosilusa.] 

 Genotype: Plagiusa tropica (Bernhauer) (Silusa). 

 Fixed by : Bernhauer, 1915a, p. 27, by monotypy. 

 Synonyms : ( See Neosilusa ) . 

 PLANEUSTOMUS Jacquelin du Val, 1857, p. 58. 



Genotype: Planeustomus palpnJis (Erichson) (Acrognathus) . 

 Fixed by : Jacquelin du Val, 1857, p. 58, by monotypy. 



Later citations: P. palpalis (Erichson), by Thomson, 1859, p. 45; by Totten- 

 ham, 1949b, p. 360. 

 Discussion : Lucas (1920, p. 517) failed to make an unambiguous designation. 

 Synonyms : 



CoMPSOCHiLUS Kraatz, 1858b, p. 895. [Isogenotypic] 

 Variant spellings : 



Planeusttjmus Gemminger and Harold, 1868, p. 6.5G. 

 PLANEUSTUMUS [Error for Planeustomusl. 

 PLASTUS Bernhauer, 1903b, p. 142 [Subgenus of Priochirus.] 

 Genotype: Plastus convexus (Laporte) (Leptochirtis). 

 Fixed by: Lucas, 1920, p. 517, by subsequent designation. 

 Syn on yms : (See PriocJi ini s ) . 

 PLASTYSTETHUS [Error for Platystethus]. 

 PLATANDRIA Casey, 1893, p. 345. 



Genotype : Platandria mormonica Casey. 

 Fixed by : Casey, 1893, p. 345, by monotypy. 

 Later citations : P. mormonica Casey, by Fenyes, 1918, p. 24. 

 PLATARAEA Thomson, 1858, p. 33. [Subgenus of IscJmopoda.] 

 Genotype: Plataraea brumica (Fabricius) (Staiihylinns) . 

 Fixed by : Thomson, 1858, p. 33, by monotypy. 



Later citations: P. brvnnea (Fabricius), by Thomson, 1859, p. 38; by Fenyes, 

 1918, p. 24; by Scheerpeltz, 1929b, p. 239; 1934, p. 1602. P. nigriceps 

 (Marsham), by Tottenham, 1949b, p. 392, not originally included. 

 Synonymic homorjyms : 



Plataraea Thomson, 1859, p. 38. 

 Plataraea, Thomson, 1861, p. 45. 

 Synonyms : ( See Jschnopoda ) . 

 Variant spellings : 



Plataroea Mulsant and Rey, 1873b, p. 174. 

 PLATAROEA [Error for Plataraea], 

 PLATHISTETHUS [Error for Platystethus]. 

 PLATHYSTETHUS [Error for Platystelhvs]. 

 PLATHYSTETUS [Error for Platystethus]. 

 PLATHYSTHELHUS [Error for Platystethus]. 

 PLATICARA (Germain, 1911, p. 60, nomen nudum). 



Notes : This name was listed uncapitalized under Qucdius leiocephalus 

 (Solier) . If it was validated as a generic name, it is a subjective synonym 

 of Quedius with leiocephalus as genotype. 



