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PTERYGOLAETUS Bierig, 1937a, p. 194. 



Genotype '. Pterygolaetus wilUamfsi Bierig. 



Fixed ly : Bierig, 1937a, p. 194, by original designation and monotypy. 

 PTOCHIONOCERUS [Error for Plochionocerus]. 

 PTOCHOLELLUS Silvestri, 1946a, p. 305. 

 Genotype : Ptocholellus mimus Silvestri. 



Fixed hy : Silvestri, 1946a, p. 308, by original designation and monotypy. 

 PTYCHANDRA Ganglbauer, 1895, p. 145. [Junior homonym of Ptyohandra 

 Felder, 1861. Synonym of Enulodroma.] 

 Genotype : Ptyohandra hepatica (Erichson) (Homalota). 

 Fixed by : Ganglbauer, 1895, p. 145, by monotypy. 



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

 ham, 1949b, p. 393. 

 Synonyms: (See Enalodronia) . 

 PUCERUS Mulsant and Rey, 1878b, p. 654. [Subgenus of Bledius^ 

 Genotype: Pucerus verres (Erichson) (Bledius). 

 Fixed by : Blackwelder, 1943, p. 112, by subsequent designation. 

 Discussion: Only one species was originally described in the genus, but a 

 second was cited as belonging there. Blackwelder (1943) was therefore 

 in error in believing the genus monobasic. 

 Synonymic hom,onyms : 



Pucerus Mulsant and Rey, 1879b, p. 212. 

 Synonyms: (See Bledius). 

 Variant spellings: 



Peceeus Wu, 1937, p. 320. 

 PULICIMORPHA [Error for PuUcomorpha]. 

 PULICIPSENIUS Seevers, 1941, p. 327. 



Genotype : Pulicipsenius acanthoscelis Seevers. 



Fixed by: Seevers, 1941, p. 328, by original designation and monotypy. 

 PULICOMORPHA Mann, 1924, p. 87. 



Genotype : Pulicomorpha coeca Mann. 



Fixed by : Mann, 1924, p. 87, by original designation and monotypy. 



Later citations : P. coeca Mann, by Sanderson, 1943, p. 135 ; by Borgmeier, 



1949, p. 104. 

 Variant spellings : 



PULICIMORPHA Wasmann, 1925c, p. 928. 

 PYCNARAEA Mulsant and Rey, 1874d, p. 430, 716. [Lapsus for Dochmonota.] 

 PYCNARAEA Thomson, 1859, p. 37. [Synonym of Hygropora.] 

 Genotype: Pycnaraea curticoUis (Thomson) (Oxypoda). 

 Fixed by: Thomson, 1859, p. 37, by original designation and monotypy. 

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

 ham, 1949b, p. 400 ; not originally Included. 

 Discussion: The designation of cunctans can be accepted only through the 



subjective synonymy of cunctans and curticoUis. 

 Synonymic homonyms : 



Pycnaraea Thomson, 1861, p. 28. 

 Synonyms: (See Hygropora). 

 PYCNOCRAERUS [Error for Pyctocraerus]. 

 PYCNOCRYPTA Casey, 1905, p. 28. 



Genotype: Pycnocrypta maxillosa (Gu6rin-M6neville) (Cryptobium) . 

 Fixed by : Casey, 1905, p. 29, by original designation and monotypy. 

 Later citations: P. maxillosa (Gu6rin-M4neville), by Blackwelder, 1939, 

 p. 121. 



