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ical error and should be Priochirus borneensis.
Other authors cited the name in its
emended form (e.g., Scheerpeltz, 1933:
1002); that spelling is adopted here.
OXYTELINAE
Bledius viriosis Herman (1983) is the correct
original spelling, not Bledius viriosus.
Herman’s use of ‘‘viriosis’’ on page 73 was
a lapsus; the intended spelling was used on
pages 4, 11, 21, 74, 75, 77, 107, 133, and
145 and is adopted under the ‘‘first reviser’’
provisions of article 24.2.3.
Carpelimus wendeleri: Herman (1970:
394) proposed the name to replace the preoccupied
Carpelimus oculatus Wendeler, but
he misspelled the name as Carpelimus wendleri.
The name was intended to be a patronym
based on H. Wendeler, so the name Carpelimus
wendleri is a lapsus and is emended
herein to Carpelimus wendeleri.
PIESTINAE
Piestus aper: Scheerpeltz (1952: 292)
emended the spelling of Piestus aper Sharp
to Piestus asper. Sharp (1876: 39, 403, 408)
cited Piestus aper three times, so I assume it
was the intended spelling, thereby making
Scheerpeltz’s alteration an unjustified emendation.
STAPHYLININAE
Philonthus heilougjiangensis: J. Li (1993:
60) used Philonthus heilougjiangensis as the
spelling of the name at the beginning of the
description, but in the caption to the figures
on the same pages the name is spelled with
an ‘‘n’’ rather than a ‘‘u’’. The name is certainly
based on Heilongjiang, the province
from which the species was collected. Philonthus
heilongjiangensis J. Li is adopted
here under the first reviser provisions of article
24.2.3.
Philonthus khouzestanicus: Boháč (1981:
356) used Philonthus knouzestanicus at the
head of the description of the species, but in
the abstract (p. 358) the spelling was Philonthus
khouzestanicus. The name of the species
was based on one of the collecting sites,
Khouzestan, Iran. Philonthus khouzestanicus
is adopted herein under the first reviser provisions
of article 24.2.3.
Quedius poggii: Coiffait (1972b: 80) used
the name Quedius pogii for a new species,
but in the abstract (p. 79) he used Quedius
poggii. The collector’s name was Poggi, and
I assume the species was named for that person.
Under provisions of article 24.2.3 the
name is corrected to Quedius poggii.
UMLAUTS
According to article 32.5.2.1, for names
that include an umlaut, the umlaut is deleted
without further modification of the name unless
it was published before 1985 and based
on a German word or name. The following
were published before 1985 with an umlaut
but were based on non-Germanic names.
1. mjöbergi. This name was used as the
original spelling for species now in Edaphus,
Eleusis, Medon, Osorius, Philonthus, Priochirus,
Prognathoides, and Stenus. Some
authors subsequently spelled it in its original
form with an umlaut (see Edaphus, Eleusis,
Lispinus, Osorius, Philonthus, Priochirus,
and Stenus), some as mjoebergi (see Prognathoides
and Stenus), or some as mjobergi
(see Edaphus, Eleusis, Priochirus, and Prognathoides).
In Osorius and Lispinus, Cameron
used mjobergi, but the name was cited
subsequently as mjöbergi. The name mjöbergi
is based on a Swedish name (E. Mjöberg),
so the correct spelling should be mjobergi.
The name mjoebergi was an original
spelling for a species now in Dibelonetes,
and since it was originally published without
diacritics no emendation is required.
2. mjöbergianus. This name was an original
spelling in Priochirus and is a patronym
in honor of E. Mjöberg. The name is emended
herein to mjobergianus.
3. sjöstedti. This name was an original
spelling for species now in Gauropterus,
Lithocharodes, Pinophilinus, and Platydracus
and is based on a Swedish name (Y. Sjöstedt).
The correct spelling should be sjostedti.
The name sjoestedti was the original spelling
for species now in Gigarthrus and Paederus,
and since they were originally
published without diacritics no emendation is
required.
4. mäklini. This name was an original
spelling for species now in Bryoporu and
was not based on a German name (F. Mäk-