Bolboceras Kirby, 1819 (July) (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed precedence over Odonteus Samouelle, 1819 (June)

Authors

Mary Liz Jameson, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
H. F. Howden, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Date of this Version

December 2002

Comments

Published in Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 59(4) December 2002. Copyright © 2002 by M. L. Jameson and H.F. Howden. Used by permission.

Abstract

The purpose of this application, under Articles 23.9.3 and 8 1.2.3 of the Code, is to conserve the generic name Bolboceras Kirby, 1819 for a group of scarab beetles (family GEOTRUPIDAE) by giving it conditional precedence over the older name Odonteus Samouelle, 18 19 whenever they are considered to be synonyms. The name Bolboceras is threatened by a single usage by Krelljn 1990 of the otherwise unused name Odonteus.