Paederus (Dioncopaederus), 1957

HERMAN, LEE H., 2003, Nomenclatural Changes in the Paederinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), American Museum Novitates 3416, pp. 1-28 : 5

species of Paederus (Dioncopaederus) .

Platydomene abdominalis ( Hubenthal, 1911: 188) (ex Lathrobium ) is the older synonym and is resurrected as the valid name for the species heretofore referred to as Platydomene domeniformis ( Koch, 1938: 112) (ex Lathrobium ). The Hubenthal name was used for a variety of Lathrobium picipes Erichson, 1840 . Scheerpeltz (1963: 418) cited it in Lathrobium (Platydomene) as a valid species, and Schülke (1990: 219) cited it as an invalid synonym of P. domeniformis . In the last 50 years P. domeniformis has been cited as valid in only five articles by five authors (see Bordoni, 1982: 34; Coiffait, 1982: 306; Horion, 1965: 55; Schülke, 1990: 219; Smetana, 1963a: 72), and P. abdominalis was described after 1899, so provisions of Article 23.9.1 are inapplicable.

Panscopaeus Sharp, 1889: 262 , type species Scopaeus lithocharoides Sharp , is a valid genus. The disposition of Panscopaeus is based on examination of specimens for a revision of the generic classification of the Paederinae (Herman, MS) . The name, originally proposed for a genus, has been cited as a synonym ( Fauvel, 1895: 227) or subgenus (Bernhauer and Schubert, 1912: 232) of Medon , or subgenus of Aderocharis ( Blackwelder, 1943: 250) or Achenomorphus ( Blackwelder, 1952: 288) . In a recent checklist of the staphylinids of Japan, Panscopaeus was not cited ( Shibata, 1977). The genus includes two species, Panscopaeus lithocharoides ( Sharp, 1874: 63) (ex Scopaeus ), from China and Japan, and Panscopaeus yakushimanus ( Ito, 1992: 61) (ex Achenomorphus ), new combination, from Japan.