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SPIRACHTA [Error for f^pirachtha]. 

 SPIRACHTHA Schi0dte, 1853, p. 101. 



Genotype : Spirachtha eurymeduso Schi0dte. 



Fixed hy: Schi0(ite, 1853, p. 101, by monotypy. 



Later citations : S. eurymedusa Schi0dte, by Fenyes, 1918, p. 25. 



Synonymic homonyms : 



Spirachtha Schi0dte, 1854, p. 12. 

 Spikachtha Schi0dte, 1856a, p. 52. 

 Spirachtha Schi0dte, 1856b, p. 176. 

 Variant spellings : 



Spirachta Mayet, 1874, p. 443." 

 SPIROSOMA Motschulsky, 1857c, p. 206. [Synonym of Homaeofarsus.] 

 Genotype : Spirosoma fulvescens Motschulsky. 

 Fixed by : Motschulsky, 1857c, p. 206, by monotypy. 

 Later citations: 8. fulvescens Motschulsky, by Blackwelder, 1939, p. 121; 



1943, p. 325. 

 Synonyms : ( See Homaeotarsus ) . 

 STACHYGRAPHIS Horn, 1883b, p. 285, without description. [Synonym of 

 Amphichroiim.] 

 Genotype : Stachygrapliis maculata Horn. 

 Fixed by : Horn, 1883b, p. 285, by monotypy. 

 Later citations : /S. maculata Horn, by Kirby, 1885, p. 51.^° 

 Synonyms : ( See Amphichroum ) . 

 Notes : Horn credited the name to LeConte, but it was validated by Horn 



by the inclusion of one species which was named and figured. 

 Variant spellings : 



Stachygraphus Kirby, 1885, p. 51.'" 

 STACHYGRAPHUS [Error for Stachygraphis]. 

 STAMNODERUS Sharp, 18S6b, p. 607. 



Genotype : Stamnoderus championi Sharp. 

 Fixed by : Lucas, 1920, p. 605, by subsequent designation. 

 Later citations : S. godmani Sharp, by Blackwelder, 1939, p. 121 ; 1943, p. 351. 

 STANOSTETHUS (Agassiz, 1846, p. 350; Scudder, 1882b, p. 300; Schulze, 1937, 



p. 32G2; nomen nudum). [Error for StanostJietus.'] 

 STANOSTHETUS (Dejean, 1821, p. 25; Crotch, 1870, p. 236; Schulze, 1937, 

 p. 3263; Neave, 1940, p. 274; nomen nudum). [See also Stanostetkus, 

 StenostetJnis, and Stenosthetus.] 

 STAPHHYLINUS [Error for Staphijlinus]. 

 STAPHILINUS [Error for Staphylinus]. 

 STAPHILYNUS [Error for Staphyli7ius]. 

 STAPHLINUS [Error for Staphylinus}. 

 STAPHYLINITES Scudder, 1876, p. 78. [Fossil.] 

 Genotype: Staphylinites obsoletus Scudder. 

 Fixed by : Scudder, 1876, p. 78, by monotypy. 

 Later citations: S. obsoletus Scudder, by Cockerell, 1909, p. 85. 

 Synonymic homonyms : 



Staphylinites Scudder, 1890, p. 510. 

 Notes : This was proposed as a "provisional genus" to receive a species that 

 could not be generically recognized. 

 STAPHYLINIUS [Error for Staphylinus]. 

 STAPHYLINNS [Error for Staphylinus]. 



^ Pet. Nouv. Ent., vol. 6. 



""Zoological Record for 1883, vol. 20, Insecta. 



