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Case 3699: Thorectes Mulsant, 1842 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea): proposed conservation of usage

Status of Case:Resolved (Opinion Issued)
Date Published:12/2015
Authors: Alonso-Zarazaga, M., Lobo, J., López-Colón, J., Verdú, J.
Volume and Issue:72/4
Pagination:291–296
Keywords: Coleoptera, geotrupid beetles, Geotrupidae, Insecta, Nomenclature, Palaearctica, Scarabaeoidea, Scarabaeus laevigatus, taxonomy, Thorectes
Taxonomic Group(s): Coleoptera, Insecta
Abstract:

The purpose of this application, under Articles 70.3, 74.7 and 81.1 of the Code, is to conserve the current usage of the beetle genus Thorectes Mulsant, 1842 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Geotrupidae) by confirmation of its type species Scarabaeus laevigatus Fabricius, 1798. This action will also stabilise the predominant usage of another genus, Jekelius López-Colón, 1989, for a phylogenetically relatively distant clade of species whose ecological importance in Mediterranean Quercus forests is currently under study. A lectotype is designated for Scarabaeus laevigatus Fabricius, 1798.

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https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v72i4.a18

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Opinion 2411: Thorectes Mulsant, 1842 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea): usage conserved by maintenance of Scarabaeus laevigatus Fabricius, 1798 as type species
Status of Case:
Date Published:05/2018
Authors: ICZN
Volume and Issue:75/
Pagination:
Keywords: Coleoptera, geotmpid beetles, Geotrupidae, Insecta, Nomenclature, Palaearctica, Scarabaeoidea, Scarabaeus laevigatus, taxonomy, Thorectes
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Abstract:

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to set aside all previous fixations of type species for the nominal genus Thorectes Mulsant, 1842 prior to the designation of Scarabaeus laevigatus Fabricius, 1798 by López-Colón & Alonso-Zarazaga (2006) which it has accepted as valid.

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https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v75.a021

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