The ichnogenus Coprinisphaera Sauer, 1955 (Ichnotaxa, Insecta, Coleoptera, COPRINISPHAERIDAE): proposed conservation

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2006
Authors:Genise, JF, Laza, JH, Rindsberg, AK
Journal:Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
Volume:63
Issue:4
Date Published:12/2006
Type of Article:Case
ISSN:0007-5167
Keywords:Coprinisphaera, Coprinisphaera ecuadoriensis, COPRINISPHAERIDAE, dung-beetle brood balls, Ecuador, Eocene–Holocene, Fontanai, ichnofossils, Nomenclature, taxonomy, Uruguay
Abstract:

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the universally accepted name Coprinisphaera Sauer, 1955 for an ichnogenus attributed to dung-beetle brood balls (ichnofamily COPRINISPHAERIDAE). This name is threatened by a rarely used senior subjective synonym Fontanai Roselli, 1939. It is proposed that the name Coprinisphaera is conserved by suppression of Fontanai.

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