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Case 3723: Bolitophagus cornutus Fabricius, 1801 (currently Bolitotherus cornutus) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): proposed conservation of the specific name

Status of Case:Resolved (Opinion Issued)
Date Published:05/2017
Authors: Bousquet, Y., Bouchard, P.
Volume and Issue:74/
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Keywords: Nomenclature, taxonomy, Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Bolitotherus, Opatrum bifurcum, Bolitophagus cornutus, North America
Taxonomic Group(s): Coleoptera, Insecta
Abstract:

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name Bolitophagus cornutus Fabricius, 1801 (currently Bolitotherus cornutus) for a common and well-known North American darkling beetle by giving it precedence over its senior synonym Opatrum bifurcum Fabricius, 1798

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http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v74.a007

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Opinions

Opinion 2438: Bolitophagus cornutus Fabricius, 1801 (currently Bolitotherus cornutus; Insecta, Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae): precedence granted over Opatrum bifurcum Fabricius, 1798
Status of Case:
Date Published:08/2019
Authors: ICZN
Volume and Issue:76/
Pagination:
Keywords: Nomenclature, taxonomy, Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Bolitotherus, Opatrum bifurcum, Bolitophagus cornutus, North America
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Abstract:

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the specific name of Bolitophagus cornutus Fabricius, 1801 (currently Bolitotherus cornutus) by giving it precedence over its senior subjective synonym Opatrum bifurcum Fabricius, 1798.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v76.a045

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