Case 3314: Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 and Trichiotinus Casey, 1915 (Insecta, Coleoptera, SCARABAEIDAE): proposed conservation

Authors

Andrew SmithFollow

Date of this Version

June 2005

Comments

Published in Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 62:2 (June 2005), pp. 75-78. Copyright © 2005 International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. Used by permission.

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.