Case 3554 Anaphes Haliday, 1833 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): proposed designation of A. fuscipennis Haliday, 1833 as the type species

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2011
Authors:Huber, JT, Noyes, JS, Polaszek, A, Triapitsyn, S
Journal:Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
Volume:68
Issue:2
Start Page:122
Pagination:122-126
Date Published:06/2011
Type of Article:Case
ISSN:0007-5167
Keywords:Anaphes, Anaphes fuscipennis, Anaphes punctum, biological control, Hymenoptera, Insecta, MYMARIDAE, Nomenclature, taxonomy
Abstract:

The purpose of this application, under Articles 80.9 and 81.1 of the Code,
is to designate Anaphes fuscipennis Haliday, 1833 (family MYMARIDAE) as the type
species of Anaphes Haliday, 1833. The nominal species A. punctum Shaw, 1798 is
currently the type species by subsequent designation and is placed on the Official List
of Specific Names in Zoology, but no type specimen of A. punctum existed until
Huber (2011) showed conclusively that punctum belongs to the genus Camptoptera
Foerster, 1856 and designated a neotype. It is clearly unacceptable that the type
species of a genus does not belong to that genus so a request to the Commission
to change the type species to the only other originally included species of Anaphes,
A. fuscipennis, is presented, to maintain the current usage.

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