Nomina Insecta Nearctica

Corrections to the Printed Volumes

COLEOPTERA

 

The following corrections to the Aderidae were submitted by Donald S. Chandler
Department of Zoology, University of New Hampshire

ADERIDAE

Aderus
add the species: Aderus tantillus Champion 1890 (Xylophilus)

Axylophilus
Transfer Xylophilus constrictus Fall 1901 to Xylophilus
Transfer Xylophilus nucleus Fall 1901 to Cnopus

Cnopus
Add Xylophilus nucleus Fall 1901; transfered from Axylophilus

Vanonus

Change "hudsonicus" to Vanonus huronicus Casey 1895.

Xylophilus
Add the genus Xylophilus Latreille 1825
transfer Xylophilus constrictus Fall 1901 (Xylophilus) from Axylophilus

add the following genus (entries in index, but not main checklist)

Zonantes Casey 1895 p. 218

Zonantes subfasciatus Leconte 1875 (Xylophilus).
Zonantes pallidus Werner 1990
Zonantes floridanus Werner 1990
Zonantes signatus Haldeman 1848 (Euglenes)
Zonantes nubifer Leconte 1878 (Xylophilus)
Zonantes fasciatus Melsheimer 1846 (Xylophilus)
Zonantes tricuspis Csey 1895
Zonantes hubbardi Casey 1895 Zonantes
Zonantes schwarzi Casey 1895 Syn.
Zonantes ouachitanus Werner 1990 Zonantes
Zonantes ater Leconte 1875 (Xylophilus)
Zonantes mississippiensis Werner 1990

add the following genus (some entries in index, but not main checklist)

Elonus Casey 1895 p. 228.

Elonus basalis Leconte 1855 (Xylophilus) p. 228.
Elonus princeps Casey 1895 Syn.
Elonus hesperus Werner 1990 p. 229.
Elonus nebulosus Leconte 1875 (Xylophilus) p. 230
Elonus chisosensis Werner 1992 p. 251
Elonus excavatus Werner 1992 p. 252.
Elonus simplex Werner 1992 p. 260.

ANTHICIDAE

Corrections to the Anthicidae contributed by Donald S. Chandler
University of New Hampshire

Acanthinus

Delete: Acanthinus albicinctus Laferte 1848 (Mexican)
Change Date: Acanthinus dromedarius Laferte 1847 (not 1848)
Change Date: Acanthinus spinicollis Laferte 1847 (not 1848)
Delete: Acanthinus trifasciatus Fabricius 1801 (Carribean)

Anthicus

Add: Acanthicus basimacula Champion 1890 (Anthicus)
Add: Anthicus crinitus Laferte 1847 (Anthicus)
Delete: Anthicus exiguus Champion 1890 (Mexican)
Delete: Anthicus lugubris Laferte 1848 (Mexico)
Change spelling: Anthicus nigritus (not nigirta) Mannerheim 1853
Delete: Anthicus quadrilunatus Laferte 1848 (Mexico)
Delete Anthicus squamosus Laferte 1848 (Mexico)
Transfer: Anthicus texanus Laferte 1848 and its junior synonym Anthicus rejectus
LeConte 1852 to Thicanus
Transfer: Anthicus tobias Marseul 1879 and its junior synonym Anthicus tanakai
Nomura 1960 to Stricticomus

Eurygenius
Remove from Synonymy: Retocomus (not Redtocomus) Casey 1895

Transfer: Eurygenius constrictus Leconte 1851 to Retocomus
Transfer: Retocomus decorellus Casey 1895 to Retocomus
Transfer: Retocomus gratus Casey 1895 to Retocomus
Transfer: Eurygenius murinus Haldeman 1843 to Retocomus
Transfer: Eurygenius wildii Leconte 1855 to Retocomus

Transfer: Eurygenus [sic] campanulatus to Pagetus
Transfer: Eurygenius wilati Lacordaire 1859 to Pagetus

Ischyropalpus

Delete: Anthicus gibbithorax Pic 1894 (not North American)
Change date: Ischyropalpus obscurus Laferte 1847 (not 1848)
Change date: Anthicus elegans Laferte 1847 (not 1848) Syn. (of sturmi)

Macrataria

Change status: Macratria ovicollis Casey 1895, synonym of Macratria confusa
LeConte 1855

Mecynotarsus

Change status: Mecynotarsus flavicans Casey 1895; synonym of candidus
LeConte 1875.

Notoxus

Change spelling: Monocerus (not Nonocerus) Falderman (not Faldeman) 1837 Syn.
Change status: Notoxus marginatus LeConte 1852 (Notoxus) (good species)
Delete: Notoxus cumanensis Laferte 1848 Syn. (not synonym of monodon)
Delete: Notoxus piccolominii Lafterte 1848 Syn. (not synonym of monodon)

Add: genus Retocomus Casey 1895

Transfer: Retocomus constrictus LeConte 1851 (Eurygenius) (from Eurygenius)
Transfer: Retocomus gratus Casey 1895 (Retocomus) (from Eurygenius)
Transfer: Retocomus decorellus Casey 1895 (Retocomus) syn. of gratus
Transfer: Retocomus murinus Haldeman 1843 (Eurygenius) (from Eurygenius)
Transfer: Retocomus wildii Leconte 1855 (Eurygenius) (from Eurygenius)
Add:
Retocomus alami Abdullah 1965 p. 301
Retocomus basiri Abdullah 1965 p. 303
Retocomus brittoni Abdullah 1965, p. 304
Retocomus colasi Abdullah 1965, p. 306
Retocomus crichtoni Abdullah 1965, p. 309
Retocomus crowsoni Abdullah 1965 p. 310
Retocomus duboisi Abdullah 1965 p. 312
Retocomus lindrothi Abdullah 1965 p. 317
Retocomus mockfordi Abdullah 1965 p. 318
Retocomus riletti Abdullah 1965 p. 324
Retocomus kaszabi Abdullah 1965 p. p. 316
Retocomus quadrii Abdullah p. 321
Retocomus rehni Abdullah 1965 p. p. 322

Sapintus

Add: Anthicus foederatus Champion 1890 (syn. of corticalis)
Add: Sapintus lutescens Champion 1890 (Anthicus)
Change spelling: Sapintus ruficollis Saunders 1834 (Antheleophilus) not
Anthelephila
Add: Sapintus similis Werner 1983 (Sapintus)

Add genus Stricticomus Pic 1894

Add: Stricticomus tobias Marseul 1879 (Anthicus) and its junior synonym
tanakai (transfer from Anthicus)

Stereopalpus

Change date: Steropalpus mellyi Laferte (delete Senectere) 1846 (not 1848)

Tanarthrus

Change spelling: Tanarthrus coruscus (not ocruscus)

Thicanus

Delete: Thicanus californicus Laferte 1848 (Mexico)
Change Status: Thicanus annectens LeConte 1852 (good species)
Add: Thicanus texanus Laferte 1848 (Anthicus) (transfer from Anthicus)

Vacusus

Add: Vacusus infernus Laferte 1847 (Anthicus)

 

CLERIDAE

The following corrections were submitted by William F. Barr, Department of Entomology, University of Idaho
Dr. Barr strong recommends the elevation of the subfamily Thaneroclerinae containing the genera
Ababa, Thaneroclerus, and Zenodosus to family level, i.e. Thanerocleridae.

Araeodontia
Delete: Araeodontia picta Barr 1952 (Mexico)

Delete genus: Colyphus Spinola 1841

Transfer: Colyphus furcatus Schaeffer 1904 (to Perilypus)
Transfer: Colyphus ornaticollis LeConte 1880 (Cleronomus) (to Perilypus)
along with its synonym melanopterus Dury

Creagya

Correct spelling: under Creagya oculatus; Pelonium marginipenne
(not marginipennis) Spinola 1844 Syn.
Cymatodera

Delete: Cymatodera insignis Schenkling (Central American)
Change spelling: Cymatodera ochlera (not ochloera)
Delete: Cymatodera ovipennis LeConte 1869 but retain Cymatodera ovipennis
Leconte 1859 above it.
Change status: Cymatodera spinolai Barr 1950 (to synonym of angustata)
Change status: Cymatodera angustata Spinola 1844 (Cymatodera) (good species)

add genus: Cymatoderella Barr 1962

Add: Cymatoderella collaris Spinola 1844 (Tillus) (from Perilypus)
Add: Cymatoderella patagoniae Knull 1946 (Tillus) (from Perilypus)

Enoclerus

Delete: Enoclerus crabronarius Spinola 1844 (Mexico) and its synonym
Enoclerus deletus Wolcott 1927.
Delete: Enoclerus mexicanus Laporte 1836 (Clerus) and its three synonyms (Mexico
and Central America.
Delete: Enoclerus recurvatus Gorham 1882

Lecontella

Add: Lecontella brunnea Spinola 1841 (Cymatodera)
Change status: Cymatodera cancellata LeConte 1854 (syn. of brunnea)
Change spelling: Cymatodera brunnea (not brunnnea) Melsheimer (syn. of brunnea)

Loedelia

Chnage spelling: Pelonium lineaticolle (not lineaticollis) Chevrolat 1874

Monophylla

Change spelling: Monophylla californicus (not californica) Fall 1901
Change spelling: Monophylla terminatus (not terminata) Say

Neichnea

Change spelling: Neichnea laticorne (not laticornis) Say

Delete genus: Opetiopalpus

Delete: Opetiopalpus luridus Spinola 1844 (not US)

Add genus: Parapelonides Barr 1980

Add: Parapelonides nigrescens Schaeffer 1904 (Enoplium)
(transfer from Pelonides)

Pelonides

Delete: Pelonides nigrescens Schaeffer (transfer to Parapelonides)

Perilypus
Add synonym: Derestenus Chevrolat 1843.

Delete: Perilypus carbonarius Spinola 1844 (Perilypus)
Add: Perilypus ornaticollis LeConte 1880 (Cleronomus) (from Colyphus)
and its synonym melanopterus Dury 1906
Change status: Colyphus furcatus Schaeffer 1904 (syn. of ornaticollis)
Transfer: Tillus collaris Spinola 1844 (to Cymatoderella)
Transfer: Tillus patagoniae Knull 1946 (to Cymatoderella)

Phyllobaenus

Delete: Phyllobaenus omoger Horn 1894 (Hydnocera) (Mexico)

 

CURCULIONIDAE

The following corrections and additions are due to Wayne E. Clark, Department of Entomology, Auburn University

Anthonomus
Add: Anthonomus alboannulatus Boheman 1843 (Anthonomus)
Add: Anthonomus deliqulus Clark and Burke 1985 (Anthonomus)
Add: Anthonomus macromalus Gyllenhal 1836 (Anthonomus)
Add: Anthonomus schwarzi Clark and Burke 1985 (Anthonomus)
Add: Anthonomus unipustulatus Champin 1903 (Anthonomus)
Delete: Anthonomus alboscutellatus Champion 1903
Add: Anthonomus alboannulatus Boheman 1843 (Anthonomus)
Change status: Anthonomus irroratus Dietz 1891 (syn. of alboannulatus)
Add: Anthonomus macromalus Gyllenhal 1836 (Anthonomus)
Add: Anthonomus bidentatus Boheman 1843 (Anthonomus) (syn. of macromalus)
Change status: Anthonomus malpighiae Clark and Burke 1985
(syn. of macromalus)
Transfer: Anthonomus julichi Dietz 1891 to Atractomerus as syn. of punctipennis.
Change spelling: Anthonomus jacobinus (not jacobianus) Dietz 1891.
Delete: Anthonomus flavus Boheman 1843
Change spelling: Anthonomus pomorum (not pumorum) Linnaeus 1758
Add: Anthonomus scutellatus LeConte 1876 Homo. (of lecontei Burke 1975)

add genus Atractomerus Duponchel and Chevrolet 1849
Add: Atractomerus punctipennis Gyllenhal 1836 (Anthonomus)
Change status: Anthonomus julichi Dietz 1891 (syn. of punctipennis)

Plocetes
Change Spelling of the junior synonym Rosella (not Roselia) Whitehead.

 

PTILODACTYLIDAE

The subfamily Ptilodactyliae was omitted

add the genus Ptilodactyla Illiger 1807

Add: The following species

Ptilodactyla angustata Horn 1880 (Ptilodactyla)
Ptilodactyla carinata Johnson and Freytag 1978 (Ptilodactyla)
Ptilodactyla equilobata Chapin 1927 (Ptilodactyla)
Ptilodactyla exotica Chapin 1927 (Ptilodactyla)
Ptilodactyla hyperglotta Johnson and Freytag 1982 (Ptilodactyla)
Ptilodactyla isoloba Johnson and Freytag 1982 (Ptilodactyla)
Ptilodactyla nanoderma Johnson and Freytag 1982 (Ptilodactyla).
Ptilodactyla serricollis Say 1823 (Ptilinus)

add the genus Lachnodactyla Champion 1897

Add: The following species
Lachnodactyla arizonica Schaeffer 1906 (Lachnodactyla)
Lachnodactyla texana Schaeffer 1906 (Lachnodactyla)

 

STAPHYLINIDAE

The following corrections to the Staphylinidae were sent by Randall W. Lundgren

Acidota
Change spelling: Chelobium to Helobium Gistel 1834

Acrotona
Change spelling: Acrotona apacheella Casey 1910 (Arisota [not Aristoa])
Add information: Acrotona simulata Casey 1910 [not 1901] (Colpodota)

Agaricochara
Add: Agaricochara anomala Notman 1920 (Eamicrota [not Elachistarthron])
transfer from Elachistarthron
Aleochara
Chnage spelling: Aleochara pseudolustrica [not pseudolustria]

Amphichroum
Change spelling: Amphichroum [not Amphicroum]
Change spelling: Stachygraphis [not Staphygraphis]
Change spelling: Amphichroum floribundum LeConte 1863 (Amphichroum [not Amphicroum]
Change spelling: Amphichroum [not Amphicroum] flavicorne Casey 1886 (syn. of floribundum)
Change spelling: Amphichroum maculata Horn 1882 (Stachygraphis [not Staphygraphis])

Anaduosternum
Add: Anaduosternum notmani Moore and Legner 1975 (syn. of brevipennis)

Anotylus
Add: Anotylus insecatus Gravenhorst 1806 (Oxytelus)
Change spelling: Anotylus vegrandis [not vergrandis] Casey 1893 (Oxytelus)

Astenus
Change spelling: Thoobia [not Toobia] Gistel 1856

Atheta
Change spelling: Thinoecia [not Thinolcia] Mulsant and Rey 1873
Change spelling: Achromota [not Acromota] Casey 1893

Change spelling and add information: Atheta puricula [not furicula] Casey 1910
(Pseudota)
Change spelling: Atheta oraria [not oriaria] Kraatz 1856 (Homalota)

Bisnius
Change spelling: Bisnius picicornis [not picticornis] Horn 1884 (Philonthus)

Bolitochara
Change spelling: Venus laetula [not lactula] Casey 1906 (syn. of blanchardi)

Boreaphilus
Change Spelling: Catocopa [not Catacopa] Gistel 1856

Cafius
Change spelling: Cafius aguayoi [not aquayoi] Bierig 1934 (syn. of sericeus)

Carpelimus
Change spelling: Paratrogophloeus [not Partrogophloeus] Hatch 1957

Change spelling: Carpelimus gilae [not giliae] Casey 1889
Change spelling: Carpelimus imbellis [not imbellus] Casey 1889
Change spelling: Carpelimus weissi [not weisii] Notman

Charhyphus
Change Spelling: Pseudeleusis [not Pseudoeleusis]

Coprophilus
Change Spelling: Zonoptilus [not Zonoptillus] Solsky 1867

Coproporus
Change Spelling: Erchomus [not Echromus] Motschulsky 1857

Add: Conosoma carinula Blatchley 1910 (syn. of laevis),
transfer from Sepedophilus

Cordalia
Change spelling: Strandiodes [not Straniodes] Bernhauer 1930
Delete: Strandiodes Bernhauer 1933

Cubanotyphlus
Add: genus Cubanotyphlus Coiffait and Decou 1972
Add: Cubanotyphlus largo Frank 1984 (Cubanotyphlus)

Dalmosella
Change information: Dalmosella tenuis Casey 1897 (Dalmosella [not Melba])

Diestota
Add: genus Diestota Mulsant and Rey 1870
Add: Elachistarthron Notman 1920 (syn. of Diestota)
Add: Orthodiastelus Notman 1920 (syn. of Diestota)

Add: Diestota ambiguum Notman 1920 (Elachistarthron)
transfer from Elachistarthron
Add: Diestota innotabilis Notman 1920 (Orthodiastelus)
transfer from Orthodiastelus

Dimetrota
Change spelling: Datomicra insolida [not insolita] Casey 1910 (syn. of sectator)

Dinocoryna
Change information: Dinocoryna schmitti Wasmann 1897 [not 1892] (Ecitonusa)

Doliponta
Add: Lipodonta Fenyes 1921 (syn. of Doliponta)

Drusilla
Change spelling: Agaricola [not Agaricolla] Gistel 1834

Eburniogaster
Change spelling: Eburniogaster termiticola [not termitocolus] Seevers

Echiaster
Change Spelling: Echiaster brevicornis Casey 1886 (Leptogenius [not Leptogenus])

Ecitoxenidia
Change spelling: Ecitoxenidia [not Ecitoxenida] Wasmann 1909

Edaphus:
Change spelling: Edaphus luculentus [not luctulentus] Casey 1884 (syn. of nitidus)

Elachistarthron
Delete: transfer Elachistarthron as synonym of Diestota
Transfer: Elachistarthron ambiguum Notman to Diestota
Transfer: Eamicrota [not Elachistarthron] anomala to Agaricochara

Eleusis
Change spelling: Chasolium [not Chasmolium] Laporte 1835

Euaesthetus
Change spelling: Eristhetus [not Eresthetus] Leach 1819

Eudectus
Add: genus Eudectus Redtenbacher 1857
Add: Eudectoides Campbell 1978 (syn. of Eudectus)

Add: Eudectus crassicornis LeConte 1884 (Eudectus)
transfer from Eudectoides

Eudectoides
Delete: Eudectoides Campbell 1978, transfer as synonym of Eudectus
Delete: Eudectus crassicornis LeConte 1884, transfer to Eudectus

Eusphalerum
Change information: Eusphalerum dichroum Fall 1922 (Anthobium)
Change spelling: Anthobium bonnelli [not bonelli] Hatch 1944 (syn. of dichroum)

Euthorax
Change spelling: Euthorax ornata Casey 1906 (Eurynotida [not Eurymotida])

Gabrius
Change spelling: Gabrius eumolpus [not eumoplus] Smetana 1995

Gyrohypnus
Change spelling: Othius [not Orhius] Stephens 1829

Change spelling: Gyrohypnus pallipennis [not pallidipennis] Notman 1921

Gyrophaena
Transfer: Eamicrota anomala Notman 1920 to Agaricochara

Habrolinus
Add: Timagenes Smetana 1982 (syn. of Habrolinus)

Add: Habrolinus abdominalis Smetana 1988 (Habrolinus)
Add: Habrolinus andrewsi Smetana 1988 (Habrolinus)
Add: Habrolinus californicus Smetana 1988 (Habrolinus)
Add: Habrolinus hardyi Smetana 1988 (Habrolinus)
Add: Habrolinus brevicornis Smetana 1982 (Timagenes)
transfer from Timagenes
Add: Habrolinus longipes Smetana 1982 (Timagenes)
transfer from Timagenes

Hapalaraea
Change spelling: Hapalaraea ater Casey 1893 (Omalium [not Omalius])

Hemiquedius

Delete: all species except
Hemiquedius ferox LeConte 1878 (Quedius) and transfer them to Heterothops Stephens 1832.

Hesperus
Change spelling: Hesperus apicialis [not apicalis] Say 1834

Heteroleptotyphlus
See: Heterotyphlus

Heterothops
Change spelling: Heterothops giulanii [not tuilianii] Smetana 1978
Add: All of the species from Hemiquedius except for Quedius ferox LeConte 1878

Heterotyphlus
Change spelling: Heterotyphlus [not Heteroleptotyphlus] as all other occurences
of the name

Homaeotarsus
Change spelling: Lathrobium gravenhorsti [not granvenhorsti] Kirty 1837 (syn. of pallipes)
Change spelling: Gastrolobium illiniane [not illianie] Casey 1905 (syn. of strenuum)

Hydrosmecta
Change spelling: Hydrosmecta salinasica [not salinascia] Casey 1911

Lathrobium
Delete: Lathrobium emarginatum Watrous 1981 (Lathrobium), transfer to
Lobrathium
Change spelling: Tetartopeus captiosus [not capitosus] Casey 1905 (syn. of punctulatum)
Change spelling: Lathrobium subgracilis [not subgraciis] Casey 1905

Leptacinus
Change spelling: Xanthophius [not Xanthopius] Motschulsky 1860

Linohesperus

Add: Linohesperus montivagus Smetana 1988 (Linohesperus)
Add: Linohesperus prispus Smetana 1988 (Linohesperus)
Add: Linohesperus spiculifer Smetana 1988 (Linohesperus)

Lithocharis
Change information: Lithocharis [not Sunius] fastidiosus Fairmaire and Germain 1861
(syn. of ochraceus)

Lithocharodes
Change spelling: Lithocharitoides [not Lithocharitodes] Rye 1878
Add: Lithocharodes scutifer Smetana 1988 (Lithocharodes)

Lobrathium
Add: Lobrathium emarginatum Watrous 1981 (Lathrobium), transfer from Lathrobium

Lordithon
Change spelling: Lordithon idahoae [not idahoe] Hatch 1957

Megalopinus
Change spelling: Megalopsidia [not Megalopsidea] Leng 1918
Change spelling: Aulacotrachelus [not Aulacotrachlus] Benick 1921

Megarthrus
Change spelling: Psyllius [not Psyllus] Gistel 1848

Add Information: Megarthrus atratus Mäklin 1853 (Megarthrus)

Melba
Delete: Melba tenuis Casey 1897 (Melba)

Micralymma
Change spelling: Microcalymma [not Micracalymma] Agassiz 1846

Change spelling: Omalium brevipenne [not brevipennis] Gyllenhal 1810
(Syn. of marinum)

Microdota
Change spelling: Microdota alamedana [not alamendana] Casey 1910
Change spelling: Microdota properans [not prosperans] Casey 1910

Mycetoporus
Change spelling: Schinomosa [not Schinosoma] Tottenham 1939

Myrmoecia
Change spelling: Myrmoecia [not Myrmaecia] picta Wasmann 1894 (syn. of
lauta

Neobisnius

Add: Neobisnius lathrobioides Baudi 1848 (Philonthus)
Add: Neobisnius ludicrus Erichson 1840 (Philonthus)
Change status: Philonthus umbripennis LeConte 1863 (syn. of ludicrus)
Add: Neobisnius nothocrestus Frank 1981 (Neobisnius)
Add: Neobisnius occidentoides Frank 1981 (Neobisnius)
Add: Neobisnius villosulus Stephens 1833 (Gabrius)
Change status: Neobisnius cerruttii Gridelli 1943 (syn. of lathrobioides)
Change status: Neobisnius fauveli Smetana 1963 (syn. of ludicrus)
Change status: Actobius formosus Fall 1901 (syn. of infimus)
Change information: Actobius [not Philonthus] piger Horn 1884 (Syn.
of senilis)
Neohypnus
Add: Neohypnus coloratus Smetana 1988 (Neohypnus)
Change spelling: Neohypnus giuliani [not guilianii] Smetana 1982

Neoleptotyphlus - see Neotyphlus

Neotyphlus
Change spelling: Neotyphlus [not Neoleptotyphlus] Coiffait 1959
Change spelling: Neotyphlus [not Neoleptotyphlus] californicus Coiffait 1959

Nudobius
Change spelling: Gyrohypnus consentaneus [not consentaenus] Nordmann 1837
(syn. of cephalus)

Ocypus
Change spelling: Rayacheila [not Raycheila] Motschulsky 1845
Change spelling: Isopterum [not Tsopterum] Gistel 1856
Change spelling: Matidus [not Matidius] Motschulsky 1860

Orthodiatelus
Delete: Transfer as synonym of Diestota Mulsant and Rey 1870
Transfer: Orthodistelus innotabilis Notman 1920, transfer to Diestota.

Orus
Change spelling: Orus giulianii [not guilianii] Moore and Legner 1973
Change information: Orus [not Leptorus] boreellus Casey 1905 (syn. of parallelus)
Change information: Orus [not Leptorus] longicollis Casey 1905 (syn. of parallelus)
Change information: Orus [not Leptorus] filius Casey 1905 (syn. of punctatus)
Change information: Orus [not Leptorus] pallidus Casey 1905 (syn. of punctatus)
Change information: Orus [not Leptorus] sonomae Casey 1905 (syn. of punctatus)
Change information: Orus [not Leptorus] pugetanus Casey 1905 (syn. of shastanus)

Oxybleptes
Add: Oxybleptes meridionalis Smetana 1988 (Oxybleptes)

Oxypoda
Change spelling: Oxypoda effeta [not effecta] Casey 1911
Change spelling: Oxypoda flebilis [not flebius] Casey 1911
Change spelling: Oxypoda madescans [not madescens] Casey 1911
Change spelling: Oxypoda recensa [not recessa] Casey 1911
Change spelling: Oxypoda rubescans [not rubescens] Casey 1911
Change spelling: Oxypoda tetricula [not terticula] Casey 1911

Oxyporus
Add information: Oxyporus fenyesi Bernhauer 1910 (syn. of mexicanus)

Paederus
Change information: Paederus canonicus Casey 1905 (Paederillus [not Paederus])
Change information: Paederus carolinae Casey 1905 (Paederillus [not Paederus])
Change spelling and information: Paederus iowensis [not iowaensis] Casey 1905
(Paederillus [not Paederus])
Change spelling and information: Paederillus [not Paederus] pugetensis [not pugetanus]
Casey 1905 (syn. of littorarius)
Change information: Paederus saginatus Casey 1905 (Paederillus [not Paederus])
Change information: Paederillus [not Paederus] texanus Casey 1905 (syn. of
saginatus)

Pelecomalium
Change spelling: Pelecomalium pallior [not pallidior] Hatch 1957 (syn. of opaculum)

Phanerota
Add: Phanerota cubensis Casey 1906 (Phanerota)
Add information: Gyrophaena flavocincta Jekel 1873 (syn. of fasciata)

Philhygra
Change spelling: Philhygra dichroa Gravenhorts 1802 (Aleochara [not Aleochroa])

Philonthus
Change spelling: Laxobates [not Laxobotes] Gistel 1834

Change spelling: Philonthus hylaeus [not hyaleus] Smetana 1995

Phloeonomus
Change spelling: Distemmus [not Distemus] LeConte 1861

Piestus
Change spelling: Trichocoryne [not Trichoryne] Gray 1832

Psephidonus
Change spelling: Psephidonus nubilatus [not mubilatus] Casey 1893
Add information: Psephidonus rufipennis Van Dyke 1924 (Geodromicus)

Quedius
Add: Quedius terminatus Melsheimer 1846 (Quedius)
Change information: Quedius densiventris Casey 1915 (Quediellus [not Quediella])
Change spelling: Microsaurus pinalicus [not pimalicus] Casey 1915 (syn. of desertus)
Change spelling: Quedius exulans [not exulalans] Smetana 1971 (syn. of desertus)
Change spelling: Quedius chiricahensis [not chiracahuensis] Smetana 1971 (syn. of leechi)
Change spelling: Quedius pugetanus [not pugetensis] Hatch 1957 (syn. of marginalis)
Change spelling: Quedius peregrinus [not perigrinus] Gravenhorst 1806

Renardia
Change spelling: Eumalus [not Emalus] Sharp 1887

Sepedophilus
Delete: Conosoma carinula Blatchley 1910, transfer to Coproporus as
synonym of Coproporus laevis LeConte.
Change spelling: Sepedophilus stephani Campbell 1976 (Sepedophilus [not Sepedophila])

Sibiota
Change spelling: Sibiota fossata Casey 1910 (Sipalia [not Spialia])

Staphylinus
Change spelling: Staphylinus caseyi [not casey] Scheerpeltz 1933

Stenus
Change spelling: Eyryops [not Eyrops] Gravenhorst 1802
Change spelling: Zolmaenus [not Zolmenus] Stephens 1829

Delete: Stenus amplificatus [not amplifacatus] Benick 1921 (Stenus) as a valid species;
already listed as a synonym of austini.Add: Stenus appalachisnus Puthz 1988 (Stenus)
Change spelling: Stenus arculus [not aruculus] Erichson 1840 (Stenus)
Change spelling: Stenus amplificatus [not amplicatus] Benick 1921 (syn. of austini)
Add: Stenus campbellorum Puthz 1988 (Stenus)
Add: Stenus clarostigma Puthz 1988 (Stenus)
Add: Stenus cubensis Bernhauer 1910 (Stenus)
Add: Stenus egenoides Puthz 1988 (Stenus)
Add: Stenus egenulus Puthz 1988 (Stenus)
Add: Stenus icon Puthz 1988 (Stenus)
Add: Stenus inegenus Puthz 1988 (Stenus)
Change spelling: Stenus insperatus [not inseparatus] Puthz 1972
Change spelling: Stenus anastomozans [not anastamozans] Casey 1884 (syn. of
laccophilus)
Change spelling: Areus utenis [not utensis] Casey 1884 (syn. of pinguis)
Add: Stenus planatus Puthz 1988 (Stenus)
Change spelling and information: Stenus pueblanus [not pueblans] Bernhauer 1910 (Stenus)
Add: Stenus quirsfeldi Puthz 1988 (Stenus)
Change status: Stenus breviusculus Puthz 1988 (syn. of reconditus Casey)
Add: Stenus sordidus Puthz 1988 (Stenus)
Add: Stenus subegenus Puthz 1988 (Stenus)

Stethusa
Change spelling: Stethusa clarescans [not clarescens] Casey 1911

Sunius
Add information: Euastenus pallidus Fiori 1915 (syn. of debilicornis)

Tachinus
Change spelling: Hamotraho [not Homotraho] Gozis 1886

Timagenes
Delete: genus Timagenes Smetana 1982; synonym of Habrolinus Casey 1906
Transfer: Timagenes brevicornis Smetana 1982 to Habrolinus
Transfer: Timagenes longipes Smetana 1982 to Habrolinus

Tachyporus
Change spelling: Trachyopus [not Trachyporus] Rey 1882

Tarphiota
Change spelling: Tarphiota fucicola [not fuscicola] Mäklin 1852
Change spelling: Tarphiota hirsutula [not hirsitula] Casey 1910 (syn. of geniculata)\

Tetralaucopora
Change spelling: Tetralaucopora fuliginosa [not fulginosa] Casey 1906

Tetrallus
Change spelling: Tetrallus densepunctatus [not densipunctatus]Bernhauer 1905
Change spelling: Tetrallus trinitatis [not trinitatus] Casey 1911 (syn. of densepunctatus)

Thamiaraea
Change spelling: Thamaraea lira Hoebeke [not Hoebbe] 1988

Thyasophila
Change spelling: Thiasophila [not Thiasophia] Kraatz 1856

Trichophya
Change spelling: Trichophyus [not Trichophylus] Erichson 1839

Trisignis
Change spelling: Trisignis helferi [not helfery] Park and Schuster 1955

Unamis
Add information: Unamis fulvipes Fall 1922 (Unamis)

Xenodusa
Change spelling: Atemels hirsutus [not hirsuta] Wasmann 1893 (syn. of cava)

Xenota
Change spelling: Xenota rusticula [not rusticola] Casy 1911

Xylodromus
Change spelling: Drephopylla [not Drephophylla] Fiori 1900

DIPTERA

CHIRONOMIDAE
The following additions and corrections were sent by: Martin Spies, Munich, Germany. Additions and
changes made since the cutoff date of volume 3 have been added as well at the request of Dr. Spies.

Apsectrotanypus
Transfer: Tanypus florens Johannsen 1908 to Radotanypus

Brillia
Delete: Brillia longifurca Kieffer 1921 (not nearctic)

Caladomyia
Add: Caladomyia Säwedal 1981

Add: Caladomyia pistra Sublette and Sasa 1994 (Caladomyia)

Camptocladius
Add: Camptocladius flavibasis Malloch 1915 (Camptocladius); transfer from Smittia.

Chaetocladius
Add: Chaetocladius piger Goetghebuer 1913 (Dactylocladius)
Change status: Chaetocladius oliveri Saether 1969 (syn. of piger)
Change status: Hydrobaenus stamfordi Johannsen 1947 (syn. of piger)

Chironomus
Change status: Chironomus brevipalpis Kieffer 1926 (homo. without a replacement
name.
Add: Chironomus harpi Sublette 1991 (Chironomus)
Transfer: Chironomus milleri Townes 1945 (Tendipes); transfer to Dicrotendipes
Transfer: Chironomus pungens Townes 1945 (Tendipes); transfer to Kiefferullus.
Add: Chironomus tenuistylus Brundin 1949 (Chironomus)
Add: Chironomus varipennis Coquillett 1902 (Chironomus); transfer from Zavreliella.

Cladopelma
Add: Cladopelma forcipis Rempel 1939 (Chironomus)
Change status: Chironomus boydi Beck 1962 (syn. of forcipis)

Compterosmittia
Change status: Compterosmittia clavigera Saether 1982 (syn. of nerius)

Cricotopus
Change status: Cricotopus remus Sublette 1964 (syn. of sylvestris)

Diamesa
Add: Diamesa waltlii Meigen 1838 (Diamesa) (unrecognized species)

Dicrotendipes
Add: Dicrotendipes milleri Townes 1945 (Tendipes); transfer from Chironomus.

Goeldichironomus
Add: Goeldichironomus fluctuans Reiss 1974 (Goeldichironomus)

Heterotrissocladius
Change date: Heterotrissocladius boltoni Saether 1992 [not 1993]
Add: Heterotrissocladius aequalis Johannsen 1934 (Metriocnemus); transfer from
Metriocnemus
Hudsonimyia
Change status: Synonym of Pentaneura Philippi 1865
Transfer: Hudsonimyia karelena Roback 1979 (to Pentaneura)
Transfer: Hudsonimyia parrishi Caldwell and Soponis 1982 (to Pentaneura)

Kiefferullus
Add: Kiefferullus pungens Townes 1945 (Tendipes); transfer from Chironomus.

Krenosmittia
Change spelling: Krenosmittia camptophleps [not camptophelps] Edwards 1929

Mesocricotopus
Add: Mesocricotopus loticus Caldwell 1966 (Mesocricotopus)

Metriocnemus
Transfer: Metriocnemus aequalis Johannsen 1934; transfer to Heterotrissocladius
Add: Metriocnemus intergerivus Saether 1995 (Metriocnemus)
Change status: Metriconemus obscuripes Holmgren 1869 (Homo. not Valid, syn. of eurynotus)
Change status: Metriocnemus eurynotus Holmgren 1883 (Chironomus)
Change synonymy: All those species group names listed as synonyms of obscuripes, change
to synonym of Metriocnemus eurynotus Holmgren 1883)
Change status: Metriocnemus polaris Kieffer 1926 (syn. of eurynotus)

Micropsectra
Add: Micropsectra spinigera Reiss 1995 (Micropsectra)

Nanocladius
Add: Nanocladius balticus Palmen 1959 (Microcricotopus)
Add: Nanocladius parvulus Kieffer 1909 (Cricotopus)

Orthocladius
Add: Orthocladius holatus Goetghebuer 1937 (Orthocladius)
Change status: Orthocladius smolandicus Brundin 1947 (syn. of holsatus)

Parachironomus
Add: Parachironomus supparilis Edwards 1931 (Chironomus)

Paraphaenocladius
Change status: Chironomus debilipennis Lundbeck 1898 (syn. of impensus)
Add: Paraphaenocladius innasus Saether and Wang 1995
Add: Paraphaenocladius irritus Walker 1856 (Chironomus)
Add: Paraphaenocladius pseudirritus Strenzke 1950 (Paraphaenocladius)
Add: Paraphaenocladius pusillus Saether and Wang 1995
Add: Paraphaenocladius tonsuratus Saether and Wang 1995

Pentaneura
Add: Pentaneura karelena Roback 1979 (Hudsonimyia); transfer from Hudsonimyia
Add: Pentaneura parrishi Caldwell and Soponis 1982 (Hudsonimyia); transfer from
Hudsonimyia

Polypedilum
Change status: Polypedilum griseopunctatus Malloch 1915 (Chironomus); not synonym
of halteralis
Change status: Polypedilum digitifer Townes 1945 (Polypedilu); not synonym of
halteralis

Psectrocladius
Delete: Psectrocladius sordidellus Zetterstedt; not Nearctic

Pseudochironomus
Change spelling: Pseudochironomus articaudus [not atricaudus] Saether 1977 (Pseudochironomus)
Change status: Pseudochironomus aix Townes 1945 (syn. of julia)

Pseudorthocladius
Change status: Pseudorthocladius comans Saether and Sublette 1983 (syn. of wingoi)

Pseudosmittia
Change author: Pseudosmittia Edwards [not Goetghebuer]

Reomyia
Change spelling: Reomyia [not Rheomyia] Roback 1986
Change spelling: Reomyia [not Rheomyia] wartinbei Roback 1984

Rheosmittia
Add: Rheosmittia Brundin 1986
Add: Rheosmittia arcuata Caldwell 1996 (Rheosmittia)

Smittia
Delete: Camptocladius flavibasis Malloch 1915 (transfer to Camptocladius)
Add: Smittia nanseni Kieffer 1926 (Camptocladius)

Sublettea
Change spelling: Sublettea coffmani [not coffamni] Roback 1975 (Tanytarsus)

Syndiamesa of authors
Add: Syndiamesa of authors
Add: Syndiamesa of authors polaris Kieffer 1926 (Syndiamesa)

Tanytarsus
Add: Tanytarsus confusus Malloch 1915 (Tanytarsus)
Change status: Tanytarsus islandica Malloch 1934 (Tanytarsus); Homo. not Valid;
There is not apparent objective or subjective replacement name.
Change status: Tanytarsus xanthus Sublette 1964 (syn. of mendax)
Zavreliella
Transfer: Chironomus varipennis Coquillett 1902; transfer to Chironomus
Add: Chironomus marmorata van der Wulp

HYMENOPTERA

The following additions were sent by Robert Zuparko of the University of California
at Berkeley.

APHELINIDAE

Aphelinus
Add: Aphelinus subflavescens Westwood 1837 (Agonioneurus)

BRACONIDAE

Praon
Add: Praon flavinodis Haliday 1833 (Aphidius)

Trioxys
Add: Trioxys californicus Stary and Zuparko 1995 (Trioxys)
Add: Trioxys curvicaudus Mackauer 1967 (Trioxys)
Add: Trioxys tenuicaudus Stary 1978 (Trioxys)

CHARIPIDAE

Alloxysta
Alloxysta brevis Thompson 1862 (Allotria)
Alloxysta flavicornis Hartig 1841 (Xystus)
Alloxysta pusilla Kieffer 1902 (Allotria)

ENCYRTIDAE

Metanotalia
Add: Metanotalia maderensis Walker 1872 (Ectroma)

MEGASPILIDAE

Dendrocerus
Add: Dendrocerus flavipes Kieffer 1907 (Dendrocerus)
Add: Lagynodes acuticornis Kieffer 1906 (Plastomicrops)

TORYMIDAE

The following corrections to the Torymidae were sent to us by Eric Grissell, Systematic Entomology Laboratory.

Idiomacromerus
Add: Lochites Förster 1865 Homo.

Monodontomerus
Change: Monodontomerus saltuosus Grissell is a synonym of
viridiscapus Gahan 1941 not obscurus

Zaglyptonotus
Change: Perissocentroides Blanchard 1938 Unav. [not Syn.]

NEUROPTERA

HEMEROBIIDAE

Mallada
Change status: Mallada slossonae Garland 1981; Unav. (manuscript name); syn. of macleodi.

TRICHOPTERA

The following additions were sent in by: John Weaver and John Morse

Move Hydrobiosidae to superfamily Rhyacophyloidea

Change name of superfamily Hydropsychoidea to Philoptamoidea

Add family Dipseudopsidae to superfamily Philopotamoidea

DIPSEUDOPSIDAE

Phylocentropus (these names are in the index, but not the checklist proper)
Add: Genus Phylocentropus Banks 1904 (Dipseudopsidae)
Add: Phylocentropus auriceps Banks 1905 (Plectrocnemia)
Add: Phylocentropus carolinus Carpenter 1933 (Phylocentropus)
Add: Phylocentropus harrisi Schuster and Hamilton 1984 (Phylocentropus)
Add: Phylocentropus lucidus Hagen 1861 (Polycentropus)
Add: Phylocentropus placidus Banks 1905 (Holocentropus)
Add: Phylocentropus maximus Borhies 1909 (Syn. placidus)
Add: Phylocentropus irroratus Navas 1934 (Syn. placidus)
Add: Phylocentropus hansoni Root 1965 (Syn. placidus)
Add: Phylocentropus rabilis Milne 1936 (Phylocentropus)

LEPIDOPSTOMATIDAE

Lepidostoma
Change information: Lepidostoma weaveri [not Ross] 1986 (Lepidostoma)

POLYCENTROPODIDAE

Neureclipsis
Delete: Neureclipsis timesis Denning 1948 (transfer to Polycentropus)

Polycentropus
Add: Polycentropus timesis Denning 1948 (Neureclipsis) (transfered from Neureclipsis)

RHYACOPHILIDAE

Rhyacophila
Change status: Rhyacophila pennsylvanica Sykora and Weaver 1978 (syn. of otica)