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General Catalogue of the Hemiptera 
Polyc tenes—Euroctenes—Adroc tones 
lyrae Waterhouse 1879. See Polyctenes molossus Giglioli. 
molossus Giglioli 
1864 Polyctenes molossus Giglioli, Quart. Jour. Micro. Sci. (n.s.) 4:18- Amoy, China 
26, pi. IB, figs. 13-14. 1 Molossus 1 
1874 Polyctenes molossus , Westwood, Thes. Ent. Oxon. 198, pi. 39, figs. Secunderabad 
A, B; pi. 40, figs. A-E. India 
1879 Polyctenes lyrae Waterhouse, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 311, pi. IX, Megaderma 
figs. 1-2. 2 lyra 2 
1892 Polyctenes lyrae , Bigot, Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 61 :235. [Cat.] China 5 
1896 Polyctenes molossus , Van der Wulp, Cat. Diptera Asia, 208. [Cat.] 
1896 Polyctenes lyrae , Van der Wulp, Cat. Diptera Asia, 208. [Cat.] 
1898 Polyctenes molossus , Speiser, Zool. Anz. 21:614. 
1904 Polyctenes molossus, Speiser, Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. 7: 375. 
1906 Polyctenes molossus, Kirkaldy, Canad. Ent. 38: 375. 
1906 Euroctenes lyrae, Kirkaldy, Canad. Ent. 38: 375. 
1906 Polyctenes lyrae, Distant, Fauna Brit. India, Rhynch. 3: 12, fig. 10. 
1909 Polyctenes molossus, Speiser, Rec. Indian Mus. 3: 272. 
1909 Polyctenes lyrae, Speiser, Rec. Indian Mus. 3: 272. 
1911 Polyctenes molossus, Horvath, M6m. Congr. Int. d’Ent. 2: 251. 
1911 Polyctenes lyrae, Horv&th, Mem. Congr. Int. d’Ent. 2: 251. 
1912 Polyctenes molossus, Jordan, Novitates Zoologicae, 18: 569, pi. XII, figs. 1-4. 3 
[Lyrae synon.] 
1920 Polyctenes molossus, Costa Lima, Arch. Esc. Sup. Agric. Med. Vet. 4: 65-66. 
1935 Polyctenes molossus, Wu, Cat. Insect. Sinensium, 2:485. 
1939 Polyctenes molossus, Ferris and Usinger, Microent. 4:15-16, fig. 11. 
Genus EUROCTENES Kirkaldy 
(Synonym of Polyctenes Kirkaldy, q. v.) 
Haplotype Polyctenes lyrae Waterhouse [ = Polyctenes molossus Giglioli] 
Euroctenes 1906 Kirkaldy, Canad. Ent. 38: 375. 
lyrae (Waterhouse) 1879. See Polyctenes molossus Giglioli. 
Genus ADROCTENES Jordan 
Haplotype Adroctenes horvathi Jordan 
Adroctenes 1912 Jordan, Novitates Zoologicae, 18: 576. 
1920 Costa Lima, Arch. Esc. Sup. Agric. Med. Vet. 4: 69. 
1922 Jordan, Ectoparasites, 1: 199. 
1922 Jordan, Ectoparasites, 1: 204. 
1939 Ferris and Usinger, Microent. 4: 16, fig. 12. 
horvathi Jordan 
1912 Adroctenes horvathi Jordan, Novitates Zoologicae, 18: 577-579, Upper Sheika, 
pi. XIV. 1 British 
1920 Adroctenes horvathi, Costa Lima, Arch. Esc. Sup. Agric. Med. Vet. Somaliland 1 
4:69. Mt. Elgon, 
1939 Adroctenes horvathi, Ferris and Usinger, Microent. 4: 16, fig. 12. 2 Kenya 
Rhinolophus 
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