Museum, University of Nebraska State
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
June 2005
Abstract
The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the names of two well-established genera of cetoniine scarab beetles, Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 and Trichiotinus Casey, 1915. Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum is a junior synonym of Tetrophthalmus Kirby, 1827 and Trichiotinus Casey a junior synonym of Trichinus Kirby, 1827. The two junior names are in prevailing use and it is proposed that they be conserved by suppression of both Kirby's names.
Comments
Published in Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 62:2 (June 2005), pp. 75-78. Copyright © 2005 International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. Used by permission.