Geostiba ( Typhlusida Casey, 1906)

Typhlusida Casey, 1906: 263 (Type species: Sipalia flava Kraatz, 1856, by original designation) (as genus in subtribe Bolitocharina Thomson, 1859).

Typhlusida: Fenyes, 1920: 249 (as synonym of Sipalia Mulsant & Rey, 1853).

Typhlusida: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 599 (as synonym of Sipalia).

Tylosipalia Scheerpeltz, 1951: 174 (Type species: Sipalia flava Kraatz, 1856, by original designation) (as subgenus of Sipalia).

Typhlusida: Blackwelder, 1952: 163 (as synonym of Evanystes Gistel, 1856).

Typhlusida: Seevers, 1978: 126 (as synonym of Geostiba).

Typhlusida: Lohse, 1989: 209 (as subgenus of Geostiba).

Tylosipalia: Lohse, 1989: 209 (as synonym of Typhlusida).

Typhlusida: Ashe in Newton, Thayer, Ashe & Chandler, 2000: 371 (as synonym of Geostiba).

By original designation Sipalia flava (Kraatz, 1856) is the type species of both Typhlusida and Tylosipalia . Consequently, Tylosipalia is a junior objective synonym of Typhlusida . This synonymy was established by Lohse (1989) but overlooked by Ashe (Newton et al., 2000). Typhlusida is a valid subgenus of Geostiba and includes 13 west Palaearctic species.