THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCIENCE BULLETIN Vol. XXX, pt. I] May 15, 1944 [No. 12 The Genera of Plethodont Salamanders in Mexico, Pt. I. Edward H. Taylor, Department of Zoi'Aogy, University of Kansas Abstract: The old genus Oedipiis Tschudi (preoccupied by Oedipus Ber-thold, for a genus of Orthoptera, is considered as being composed of eight genera: Chiropterotriton gen. nov., Pseudoeurycca gen. nov., Bolitoglossa Dumeril and Bibron, Parvimolge gen nov., Thorius Cope, Oedipina Keferstein, Magnadigita gen. nov., and Haq)toglossa Cope. INTRODUCTION DURING the past twelve years, at occasional intervals, I have taken the opportunity to inquire into some of the more evident problems concerning Mexican lungless sahimanders. In this length of time a rather surprising number of errors and additions to previ-ous studies have come to light. Some have been recorded already; these and others are here summarized. Until recently I followed Dr. Emmett Dunn in his use of the generic name Oedipus Tschudi for the group. Then, after Dr. Rad-clyffe Roberts pointed out to me that Oedipus Tschudi (1838) was preoccupied by Oedipus Berthold (1827) for an orthopteran genus, I recorded the suppression of Tschudi's name in the University of Kansas Science Bulletin, Vol. 26, No. 12, 1939 (1940), first sub-mitting the case to the late Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, formerly a member of the International Commission on Zoological Nomencla-ture, who agreed that Oedipus Tschudi is not available. In the same paper I revived Cope's genus Thorius for certain small Mexican salamanders, formerly associated with Oedipus, and used Bolitoglossa Dumeril and Bibron for the remaining species in lieu of Oedipus. A superficial examination of the numerous species of plethodontid (189)
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