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Opinion 2460: Heteronychus Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae): Geotrupes cricetus Hausmann, 1807 conserved as type species

ICZN, “Opinion 2460: Heteronychus Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae): Geotrupes cricetus Hausmann, 1807 conserved as type species”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 77, pp. , 2020.

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to conserve the current usage of the generic name  Heteronychus Dejean, 1833 by setting aside all previous type fixations for this genus preceding that of  Geotrupes cricetus Hausmann, 1807 by Krell in 2002.

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Case 3745: Heteronychus Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae): proposed conservation of usage by conserving Heteronychus cricetus Hausmann, 1807 as the type species

Frank-Thorsten Krell, Patrice Bouchard, Yves Bousquet, “Case 3745: Heteronychus Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae): proposed conservation of usage by conserving Heteronychus cricetus Hausmann, 1807 as the type species”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. , 2017.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 70.2 and 80 of the Code, is to conserve the current and universal usage of the genus name  Heteronychus Dejean, 1833 for a genus of rhinoceros beetles (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Several species in this genus are important pests in Africa, Asia and Australia.....

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