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PRONOMAEA Erichson— Continued 



Variant spellings : 



Pkonomaca Cameron, 1937c, p. 265. 

 Pronomaea Bertolini, 1S72, p. 53. 

 Peonomea Redtenbacher, 1845, p. 138. 

 Pbonomoea Kiesenwetter, 1851, p. 413." 

 PRONOMAEA [Error for Pronomaea^. 

 PRONOMEA [Error for Pronomaeal. 

 PRONOMOEA [Error for Pronomaea]. 

 PROSILUSA Cameron, 1920c, p. 23G. [Synonym of Diestota.} 



Oenotype: Prosilusa rufa Cameron. 



Fixed hy : Cameron, 1920c, p. 236, by monotypy. 



Synoyms: {See Diestota). 



Notes : This was previously listed as a separate genus. It was reduced to 

 synonymy of Diestota by Cameron (1936b). 

 PROTACTUS Heer, 1847, p. 28. [Fossil.] 



Oenotype : Protactus erichsonii Heer. 



Fixed by : Heer, 1847, p. 28, by monotypy. 



Variant spellings : 



Pbotictus Heer (Scudder, 1882a, p. 280). 



Notes : Scudder credits both spellings to Heer but gives no reference for 

 Protictus. I do not find it in Heer's work. 

 PROTEINUS (See Appendix). 

 PROTICTUS [Error for Protactus]. 

 PROTINODES Sharp, 1888, p. 377. 



Oenotype : Protinodes puncticollis Sharp. 



Fixed by : Sharp, 1888, p. 377, by monotypy. 



Later citations : P. puncticollis Sharp, by Fenyes, 1918, p. 24. 

 PROTINUS (See Appendix). 

 PROTOCYPUS Miiller, 1923, p. 136. [Subgenus of Ocypus.] 



Genotype: Protocypus fulvotomentosus (Eppelsheim) (Staphylinus) . 



Fixed by : Miiller, 1923, p. 136, by monotypy. 



Later citations: P. fulvotomentosus (Eppelsheim), by Blackwelder, 1943, 

 p. 444. 



Synonyms: (See Ocypus). 



Notes : This has previously been listed as a subgenus of Staphylinus. 

 PROTOPRISTUS Broun, 1909b, p. 225. 



Oenotype : Protopristus minutus Broun. 



Fixed by : Broun, 1909b, p. 225, by monotypy. 



Later citations : P. minutus Broun, by Fenyes, 1918, p. 24. 

 PROTOSCOTONOMUS Koch, 1944, p. 50. [Subgenus of Scotonom^s.] 



Oenotype: Protoscotonomus guareschii (Koch) (Scotonomus). 



Fixed by : Koch, 1944, p. 50, by monotypy. 



Synonyms: {See Scoto7iomus). 



Notes : This work has not been seen. The fixation may be also by original 

 designation. 

 PROTOSKIUSA Bernhauer, 1900a, p. 200. [Synonym of Schistoglossa.] 



Genotype : Protoskiusa paradoxa Bernhauer. 



Fixed by: Bernhauer, 1900a, p. 200, by monotypy. 



Later citations: P. viduata (Erichson), by Fenyes, 1918, p. 24; by Totten- 

 ham, 1949b, p. 389; not originally included. 



Synonyms: {See Schistoglossa). 



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