ANCYLINI Michener, 1944 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): proposed emendation of spelling to ANCYLAINI, to remove homonymy with ANCYLINI Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca, Gastropoda)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2008
Authors:Engel, MS, Ascher, JS, Yanega, DA
Journal:Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
Volume:65
Issue:3
Start Page:198
Pagination:198-201
Date Published:09/2008
Type of Article:Case
Keywords:Ancyla, Ancyla oraniensis, ANCYLAINI, ANCYLINI, Ancylus, Ancylus fluviatilis, bees, cosmopolitan, Gastropoda, Hymenoptera, Nomenclature, Palaearctic, pond snails, taxonomy
Abstract:

The purpose of this application, under Article 29 of the Code, is to emend the family-group name ANCYLINI Michener, 1944 (Insecta, Hymenoptera), a junior homonym of ANCYLINI Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca, Gastropoda), thereby removing the homonymy between the two names. It is proposed that the stem of the generic name Ancyla Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1841, on which the hymenopteran family-group name is based, be emended to give ANCYLAINI, while leaving the molluscan name (based on Ancylus Müller, 1774) unaltered.

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