Replacement Names for the Genera Batesiana Erwin (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and Metabolus Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)

Authors

M. J. Paulsen, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Andrew SmithFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

September 2003

Comments

Published in The Coleopterists Bulletin, 57:3 (2003), p.254. Copyright 2003 M. J. Paulsen and Andrew B.T. Smith.

Abstract

While curating scarab beetles in the University of Nebraska State Museum collection, we discovered two generic names that are homonyms. As this renders these names invalid, we herein propose replacement names for the junior homonyms as follows.
Erwiniana Paulsen and Smith new genus
Ablotemus Paulsen and Smith new genus