GENERIC NAMES OF THE FAMILY STAPHYLINIDAE 357 



STAPHYLINUS LInn6, 1758, p. 421. 



Ocnotype: Staphylinus maxillosus Linn6. 

 Fixed by : Latreille, 1810, p. 427, by subsequent designation. 

 Later citations: 8. erythroptcrus Linn§, by Leach, 1819, p. 172; 1824, p. 172; 

 Westwood, 1838a, p. 15 ; by Shuckard, 1839, p. 119. S. murinus Linn6, by 

 Curtis, lS39b, pi. 758. S. olens Miiller, by Blanchard, 1845, p. 302, not 

 originally included. S. hirtus Linn^, by Cuvier, 1849, p. 182. 8. erythrop- 

 terus Linn6, by Thomson, 1859, p. 23. 8. hirtus Linn(5, by des Gozis, 1886, 

 p. 14, 8. erythroptcrus Linn^, by Lucas, 1920, p. 605. 8. maxillosus Linn6, 

 by Blackwelder, 1943, p. 444. <S. erythroptcrus Linn6, by Tottenham, 1949b, 

 p. 373, 374. 

 Homonyms by jnisidentification: 



Staphylinus of Leach, 1819=Ouchemus. 

 Staphyunus of Curtis, 183dh=Trichoderma. 

 Staphylinus of Blauchard, 1845=GoeriMS. 

 Staphylinus of Cuvier, lS49=^m«s. 

 Staphylinus of all modern •wviteTS=Platydracus. 

 Synonyms : 



Ceeophilus Leach, 1819, p. 172. [Isogenotypic] 

 Sapkophilus Streubel, 1839, p. 137. [Isogenotypic] 

 Variant spellings : 



Saphylinus Gistel, 1856, p. 10. 

 Slaphyunus Fairmaire and Germain, 1861, p. 431. 

 Staphhylinus Reed, 1874, p. 353. 

 Staphilinus Brahm, 1790, p. xxviii. 

 Staphilynus Schaeffer, 1779, index." 

 Staphlinus Rau, 1944, p. 15.'^ 

 Staphylinius Redtenbacher, 1857, p. 133. 

 Staphylinns Perty, 1830, p. 4. 

 Staphytinus Dauguet, 1946, p. 238."* 

 Stapilinus Berkenhout, 1795, p. 318.^* 

 Staplylinus Thomson, 1860, p. 135. 

 Stapyhlinus Fairmaire and Laboulbfene, 1856, p. 377. 

 Stophylinus Zetterstedt, 1828, p. 45." 

 Notes : Because of the unquestioned type fixation by Latreille, this genus is 

 identical with that known as Creophilus. The large genus previously 

 known as Staphylinus will be found under the name Platydracus (and in 

 part under Ocypus). 

 STAPHYTINUS [Error for Staphylinus], 

 STAPILINUS [Error for Staphylinus}. 

 STAPLYLINUS [Error for Staphylinus]. 

 STAPYHLINUS [Error for Staphylinus]. 

 STENAESTHETUS Sharp, 1874a, p. 79. 



Genotype: Stenacsthetus sunioides Sharp. 



Fixed by : Sharp, 1874a, p. 79, by monotypy. 



Later citations: S. sunioides Sharp, by Lucas, 1920, p. 607; by Blackwelder, 



1943, p. 228. 

 Variant spellings : 



Stenaethettjs Wu, 1937, p. 326. 



^ Icones Insectorum . . ., voL 3. Ratlsbonae. 



''Ent. News, voL 55. 



« L'Entomologiste, vol. 2. 



^ Syn. Nat. Hist. Brit. (ed. 3), vol. 1. 



^ Fauna Ins. Lapponica, pars. 1. Haramone. 



