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Case 3746: Ripiphoridae Laporte, 1840 and Ripiphorus Bosc, 1791 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation of usage by designating Ripiphorus subdipterus Fabricius, 1792 as the type species of Ripiphorus and proposed ruling that Laporte (1840) used the type genus Ripiphorus in the sense defined by the type species Ripiphorus subdipterus

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2018
Authors: Bousquet, Y., Bouchard, P.
Journal:Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
Volume:75
Issue:
Start Page:36
Pagination:
Date Published:05/2018
Type of Article:Case
Keywords: Nomenclature, taxonomy, RIPIPHORIDAE, Arion lusitanicus, Ripiphorus subdipterus
Abstract:

The purpose of this application, under Articles 65.2.2 and 81.1 of the Code, is to conserve the current usage of the generic name Ripiphorus Bosc, 1791 and the familygroup name Ripiphoridae Laporte, 1840. The current usage of Ripiphorus is threatened by the discovery that its first valid type-species designation is Mordella paradoxa Linnaeus, 1760 which would result in Ripiphorus being the valid name for the species currently included in Metoecus Dejean, 1834 and Myodites Latreille, 1819 being the valid name for the species currently placed in Ripiphorus. In addition, the current usage of Ripiphoridae would be threatened because of the altered concept of its type genus. In order to avoid nomenclatural instability we propose that Ripiphorus subdipterus Fabricius, 1792 be designated as the type species of Ripiphorus and that the Commission rule that Laporte (1840) used Ripiphorus in the currently-accepted sense.

Full Text:

http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v75.a010

Case:
Case 3746

Volume/Issue:
75

Taxonomic Group(s):
Coleoptera, Insecta

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Opinions

Opinion 2463: Ripiphorus Bosc, 1791 and Ripiphoridae Laporte, 1840 (Insecta, Coleoptera): generic and family-group names conserved by designation of a type species for the former
Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2020
Authors: ICZN
Journal:Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
Volume:77
Issue:
Start Page:140
Pagination:
Date Published:12/2020
Type of Article:Opinion
Keywords: Nomenclature, taxonomy, RIPIPHORIDAE, Ripiphorus, Ripiphorus subdipterus
Abstract:

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the usage of the generic name Ripiphorus Bosc, 1791, type genus of Ripiphoridae Laporte, 1840, by designating Ripiphorus subdipterus Fabricius, 1792 as its type species.

Full Text:

http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v77.a045

Opinion:
Opinion 2463

Volume/Issue:
77

Taxonomic Group(s):

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Status of Case:
Resolved (Opinion Issued)

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