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ICZN, “Opinion 2482: Orchestes Illiger, 1798 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Curculionidae): name conserved by conditional reversal of precedence with respect to Salius Schrank, 1798”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. , 2021.
The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved current usage of the generic name Orchestes Illiger, 1798 (Curculionoidea, Curculionidae), by giving it precedence over the little-used older name Salius Schrank, 1798 whenever these names are considered to be synonyms.
Roberto Caldara, Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga, “Case 3783: Case 3783 – Orchestes Illiger, 1798 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Curculionidae): proposed precedence over Salius Schrank, 1798”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 75, pp. , 2018.
The purpose of this application under Article 23.9.3 of the Code is to conserve the name Orchestes Illiger, 1798 (Curculionoidea, Curculionidae), a large and well-known weevil genus, by giving it precedence over the little-used older name Salius Schrank, 1798 whenever these names are considered to be synonyms.
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