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POLYMEDON Casey— Continued 

 Synonyms: (See Lypomedon). 



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

 welder (1939). 

 POLYOCHARA [Error for PoZi/c/icra]. 

 POLYODONTA Scheerpeltz, 1934, p. 1656. [Not Megerle, 1811 ; etc. Error for 



Polydonia.'i 

 POLYODONTAS [Error for Polyodontusl. 

 POLYODONTES [Error for Polyodonttis]. 



POLYODONTUS Solier, 1849, p. 310. [Junior homonym of Polyodontus Eysen- 

 hardt, 1818; etc. Synonym of Scopaeus.l 

 Genotype : Polyodontus angustatus Solier. 

 Fixed by : Solier, 1849, p. 310, by monotypy. 

 Later citations: P. angustatus Solier, by Blackwelder, 1939, p. 121 ; 1943, p. 



279 ; by Tottenham, 1049b, p. 368. 

 Synonyms: (See Scopaeus). 

 Variant spellings : 



PoLYODONTAS IMarschall, 1873, p. 234. 

 PoLYODONTES Wickham, 1898, p. 302.» 

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

 welder (1939). 

 POLYOTA Mulsant and Rey, 1874d, p. 677. [Synonym of Dinaraea.] 

 Genotype: Polyota angustula (Gyllenhal) (Aleochara). 

 Fixed by : Mulsant and Rey, 1874d, p. 677, by monotypy. 

 Later citations: P. angustula (Gyllenhal), by Fenyes, 1918, p. 24; by 



Tottenham, 1949b, p. 392. 

 Synonymic homonyms: 



Polyota Mulsant and Rey, 1874e, p. 645. 

 Synonyms: (See Dinaraea). 

 POLYPEA Fauvel, 187Sd, p. 301. 



Genotype : Polypea coralli Fauvel. 

 Fixed by : Fauvel, 1878d, p. 301, by monotypy. 

 Later citations : P. coralli Fauvel, by Fenyes, 1918, p. 24. 

 POLYPHEMATIANA Strand, 1914, p. 122. 



Genotype: Polypheniatiana herculeanus (Laporte) (Staphylinus). 



Fixed by: Lucas, 1920, p. 529, by designation for Polyphemus Bernhauer, 



an objective synonym. 

 Synonyms : 



Polyphemus Bernhauer, 1914, p. 397. [Objective. Not Mueller, 1776.] 

 Ltpophemus Bernhauer, 1921b, p. 74. [Objective.] 

 POLYPHEMUS Bernhauer, 1941, p. 397. [Junior synonym of Polyphemus 

 Mueller, 1776; etc. Synonym of Polyphematiana.] 

 Genotype: Polyphemus herciileanus (Laporte) (Staphylinus). 

 Fixed by : Lucas, 1920, p. 529, by subsequent designation. 

 Synonyms: (See Polyphematiana). 

 POLYSTOMA Stephens, 1833a, p. 91. [Junior homonym of Polystoma Zeder, 

 1800; etc. Synonym of Emplenota.] 

 Genotype: Polystoma obscurella (Gravenhorst) (Aleochara). 

 Fixed by : Stephens, 1833a, p. 91, by monotypy. 



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