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Case 3687: Phrynus mexicanus Poinar & Brown, 2004 (Arachnida, Amblypygi, Phrynidae): proposed conservation of the specific name as a junior primary homonym of Phrynus mexicanus Bilimek, 1867

Status of Case:Resolved (Opinion Issued)
Date Published:09/2015
Authors: Dunlop, J. A., Harvey, M. S., Poinar, G. O.
Volume and Issue:72/3
Pagination:
Keywords: Nomenclature, taxonomy, Amblypygi, PHRYNIDAE, Phrynus, Paraphrynus, Phrynus mexicanus, whip spider, Mexico, Chiapas amber, Miocene
Taxonomic Group(s): Amblypygi, Arachnida
Abstract:

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.5 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name Phrynus mexicanus Poinar & Brown, 2004 which was proposed for a fossil whip spider (Arachnida, Amblypygi, Phrynidae) preserved in Chiapas (Mexican) amber. This fossil species was initially described under the grammatically erroneous combination Phrynus mexicana. However, correcting the species epithet to mexicanus renders it a junior primary homonym of a Recent Mexican whip spider, Phrynus mexicanus Bilimek, 1867. The Recent species was subsequently transferred to the genus Paraphrynus Moreno, 1940, to give the current combination Paraphyrnus mexicanus (Bilimek, 1867), and neither species has ever been considered congeneric with the other.

Full Text:

https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v72i3.a13

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Opinions

Opinion 2453: Phrynus mexicanus Poinar & Brown, 2004 (Arachnida, Amblypygi, Phrynidae): specific name not conserved
Status of Case:
Date Published:04/2020
Authors: ICZN
Volume and Issue:77/
Pagination:
Keywords: Nomenclature, taxonomy, Amblypygi, PHRYNIDAE, Phrynus, Paraphrynus, Phrynus mexicanus, whip spider, Mexico, Chiapas amber, Miocene
Taxonomic Group(s):
Abstract:

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has declined to use its plenary power to conserve the specific name of Phrynus mexicanus Poinar & Brown, 2004 for a fossil whip spider, a junior primary homonym of Phrynus mexicanus Bilimek, 1867 (currently Paraphrynus mexicanus). As a result, the name Phrynus mexicanus Poinar & Brown, 2004 is invalid and needs to be replaced.

Full Text:

https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v77.a019

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