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Case 3723: Bolitophagus cornutus Fabricius, 1801 (currently Bolitotherus cornutus) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): proposed conservation of the specific name

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2017
Authors: Bousquet, Y., Bouchard, P.
Journal:Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
Volume:74
Issue:
Start Page:17
Pagination:
Date Published:05/2017
Type of Article:Case
Keywords: Nomenclature, taxonomy, Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Bolitotherus, Opatrum bifurcum, Bolitophagus cornutus, North America
Abstract:

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name Bolitophagus cornutus Fabricius, 1801 (currently Bolitotherus cornutus) for a common and well-known North American darkling beetle by giving it precedence over its senior synonym Opatrum bifurcum Fabricius, 1798

Full Text:

http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v74.a007

Case:
Case 3723

Volume/Issue:
74

Taxonomic Group(s):
Coleoptera, Insecta

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Opinions

Opinion 2438: Bolitophagus cornutus Fabricius, 1801 (currently Bolitotherus cornutus; Insecta, Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae): precedence granted over Opatrum bifurcum Fabricius, 1798
Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2019
Authors: ICZN
Journal:Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
Volume:76
Issue:
Start Page:151
Pagination:
Date Published:08/2019
Type of Article:Opinion
Keywords: Nomenclature, taxonomy, Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Bolitotherus, Opatrum bifurcum, Bolitophagus cornutus, North America
Abstract:

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the specific name of Bolitophagus cornutus Fabricius, 1801 (currently Bolitotherus cornutus) by giving it precedence over its senior subjective synonym Opatrum bifurcum Fabricius, 1798.

Full Text:

http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v76.a045

Opinion:
Opinion 2438

Volume/Issue:
76

Taxonomic Group(s):

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Status of Case:
Resolved (Opinion Issued)

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