POLYCTENIDAE 11 
Eoctenea—Syncrotua—Heiniachiwua—Ctenoplax—‘Polyctenea 
1919 Eoctenes spasmae, Ferris, Jour. New York Ent. Soc. 27:262. 4 
1920 Eoctenes spasmae , Costa Lima, Arch. Esc. Sup. Agric. Med. Vet. 4: 66-67. 
1924 Polyctenes sp., Phillips, Spolia Zeylanica, 13 : 70.® 
1926 Eoctenes spasmae , Horvdth, Treubia, 8: 381-382. 6 
1939 Eoctenes spasmae , Ferris and Usinger, Microent. 4: 15, fig. 10. 
talpa (Speiser) 1898. See Eoctenes spasmae (Waterhouse). 
Genus SYNCROTUS Horvdth 
(Synonym of Eoctenes Kirkaldy, q. v.) 
Haplotype Polyctenes talpa Speiser [ = Eoctenes spasmae Waterhouse] 
Syncrotus 1910 Horv&th, Ann. Mus. Nat. Hungarici, 8* 572. [Non Syncrotus Bergroth, 1895.] 
eknomius (Kellogg and Paine) 1910. See Eoctenes intermedins (Speiser). 
intermedins (Speiser) 1904. See Eoctenes intermedins (Speiser). 
talpa (Speiser) 1898. See Eoctenes spasmae (Waterhouse). 
Genus HEMISCHIZUS Horvath 
(Synonym of Eoctenes Kirkaldy, q. v.) 
Haplotype Polyctenes talpa Speiser. (= Eoctenes spasmae Waterhouse.) 
Hemischizus 1911 Hprv&th, Ann. Mus. Nat. Hungarici, 9: 336. [n. n. pro Syncrotus Horvdth 
non Bergroth.] 
eknomius (Kellogg and Paine) 1910. See Eoctenes intermedins (Speiser). 
intermedins (Speiser) 1904. See Eoctenes intermedins (Speiser). 
talpa (Speiser) 1898. See Eoctenes spasmae (Waterhouse). 
Genus CTENOPLAX Horvath 
(Synonym of Eoctenes Kirkaldy, q. v.) 
Haplotype Ctenoplax nycteridis Horvath 
Ctenoplax 1910 Horvdth, Ann. Mus. Nat. Hungarici, 8: 572. 
nycteridis Horvdth 1910. See Eoctenes nycteridis (Horvath). 
Genus POLYCTENES Giglioli 
Haplotype Polyctenes molossus Giglioli 
Polyctenes 1864 Giglioli, Quart. Jour. Micr. Sci. (n.s.) 4: 18-26, pi. IB, figs. 13-14. 
1874 Westwood, Thes. Ent. Oxon. 198, pis. 38-40. 
1879 Waterhouse, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 309, pi. IX. 
1892 Bigot, Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 61 (2): 235. 
1896 Van der Wulp, Cat. Diptera Asia, 208 [Cat.] 
1904 Speiser, Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. 7: 373. 
1906 Kirkaldy, Canad. Ent. 38 : 375. 
Euroctenes 1906 Kirkaldy, Canad. Ent. 38 : 375. (Logotype lyrae Waterhouse = molossus 
Giglioli.) 
Polyctenes 1910 Horvdth, Ann. Mus. Nat. Hungarici, 8: 573. ( Euroctenes synon.) 
1911 Horvith, Mem. Congr. Int. d’Ent. 2: 251. 
1912 Jordan, Novitates Zoologicae, 18 : 567. 
1920 Costa Lima, Arch. Esc. Sup. Agric. Med. Vet. 4: 65. 
1922 Jordan, Ectoparasites, 1: 204. 
1935 Wu, Cat. Insect. Sinensium, 2: 485. 
1939 Ferris and Usinger, Microent. 4: 15-16, fig. 11. 
