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Case 3725: Lema decempunctata Gebler, 1829 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae): proposed conservation of the emended specific name

Status of Case:Resolved (Opinion Issued)
Date Published:05/2017
Authors: Schmitt, M.
Volume and Issue:74/
Pagination:
Keywords: Nomenclature, Insecta, Coleoptera, CHRYSOMELIDAE, Criocerinae, Lema, Lema decempunctata, Lema ropunctata
Taxonomic Group(s): Coleoptera, Insecta
Abstract:

The purpose of this application, under Article 19.2, is to conserve the widely used specific name Lema decempunctata Gebler, 1829. In the original publication, the printed name clearly reads “L. ropunctata”. Nearly all subsequent taxonomists have interpreted this spelling as an error of the typesetter and have used the epithet decempunctata instead. Therefore, the Commission is requested to rule under the plenary power that decempunctata should be regarded the original spelling with Gebler, 1829 as the original author.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v74.a009

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Opinions

Opinion 2439: Lema decempunctata Gebler, 1829 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae): spelling of the specific name conserved
Status of Case:
Date Published:08/2019
Authors: ICZN
Volume and Issue:76/
Pagination:
Keywords: Nomenclature, taxonomy, Insecta, Coleoptera, CHRYSOMELIDAE, Criocerinae, Lema, Lema decempunctata, Lema ropunctata
Taxonomic Group(s):
Abstract:

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the spelling of the specific name of Lema decempunctata Gebler, 1829. The name was originally published as “L. ropunctata”, but prevailing usage is of the spelling decempunctata as the former has been regarded by most subsequent taxonomists as a typesetting error.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v76.a046

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