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QUEDIUS Stephens— Continued 

 Variant spellings: 



OvEDius Ringdahl, 1921, p. 74." 

 QuAEDius Ragusa, 1893, p. 52." 

 QvEDiTJS J. Sahlberg, 1880, p. 71. 

 QVEDIUS [Error for Quedius]. 

 RABIGIUS [Error for RaUgus]. 



RABIGUS Mulsant and Rey, 1876b, p. 523. [Subgenus of Philonthus.] 

 Oenotype: Rabigus pullus (Nordmann) (Staphylinus) . 

 Fixed ly : Tottenham, 1939b, 229, by subsequent designation. 

 Later citations: R. pullus (Nordmann), by Blackwelder, 1943, p. 399; by 



Tottenham, 1949b, p. 372. 

 Synonymic homonyms : 



Rabigus Mulsant and Rey, 1877a, p. 379. 

 Synonyms : ( See Philonthus ) . 

 Variant spellings : 



Rabigius Lucas, 1920, p. 563. 

 RAGACHEILA [Error for Rayacheila}. 



RAGOCHILA Motschulsky, 1868, p. 49. [Emendation of Rayacheila.'i 

 Oenotype : Ragochila inderiensis (Motschulsky) (Rayacheila). 

 Fixed ty: Motschulsky, 1868, p. 49, through objective synonymy with 



Rayacheila, of which inderiensis had already been fixed as genotype. 

 Synonyms : ( See Rayacheila ) . 

 RAMBA Blackwelder, new name. 



Oenotype: Ramba csikii (Bernhauer) (Cheilaster) . 



Fixed by: Blackwelder, here, through objective synonymy with Cheilaster, 



of which csikii had already been fixed as genotype. 

 Synonyms : 



Cheilaster Bernhauer, 1915e, p. 120. [Objective. Not Bell, 1892.] 

 RAMONA Casey, 1886b, p. 213. [Synonym of lAthocharis.l 

 Oenotype: Ramona capitula Casey. 

 Fixed by : Casey, 1886b, p. 213, by monotypy. 



Later citations : R. capitula Casey, by Blackwelder, 1939, p. 121 ; 1943, p. 239. 

 Synonyms : ( See Lithocharis ) . 



2fotes : The present disposition of this name is based on the study by Black- 

 welder (1939). 

 RANDA Blackwelder, new name. 



Genotype: Randa cantharoides (Motschulsky) (Cranidium). 



Fixed by: Blackwelder here, through objective synonymy with Cranidium, 



of which cantharoides has already been fixed as genotype. 

 Synonyms : 



Cranidium Motschulsky, 1858, p. 264. [Objective. Not Burmeister, 

 1838.] 

 RAPHIRIUS [Error for Raphirus]. 

 RAPHIRUS Stephens, 1829a, p. 23. [Subgenus of Quedius.] 



Oenotype: Raphirus attenuatus (Gravenhorst) (Staphylinus) . 

 Fixed by: Westwood, 1838a, p. 16, by subsequent designation. 

 Later citations: R. boops (Gravenhorst), by Chenu and Desmarest, 1857, 

 p. 62. R. attenuatus (Gravenhorst), by Thomson, 1859, p. 26. R. 

 fulvicollis Stephens, by Casey, 1915, p. 398, not originally included. 



"Ent. Tidskr., vol. 41. 

 ^» Nat. Siclliano, vol. 13. 



