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Case 3752: Curculio antirrhini Paykull, 1800 (currently Rhinusa antirrhini; Insecta, Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Curculionidae): proposed precedence over Curculio noctis Herbst, 1795

Status of Case:Resolved (Opinion Issued)
Date Published:09/2018
Authors: Caldara, R., Toševski, I.
Volume and Issue:75/
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Keywords: Nomenclature, taxonomy, Coleoptera, CURCULIONOIDEA, CURCULIONIDAE, Curculio, Rhinusa, Rhinusa noctis, weevil, Palaearctic
Taxonomic Group(s): Coleoptera, Insecta
Abstract:

The purpose of this application, under Articles 23.9.3, 81.2.1 and 81.2.3 of the Code, is to conserve the name Curculio antirrhini Paykull, 1800, a common Palaearctic weevil species currently belonging to the genus Rhinusa Stephens, 1829 (Curculionoidea, Curculionidae) by giving it precedence over the little-used older name Curculio noctis Herbst, 1795 whenever these names are considered synonyms.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v75.a029

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Opinion 2471: Curculio antirrhini Paykull, 1800 (currently Rhinusa antirrhini; Insecta, Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Curculionidae): usage conserved
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Date Published:04/2021
Authors: ICZN
Volume and Issue:78/
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Abstract:

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved current usage of the specific name of Curculio antirrhini Paykull, 1800 (currently Rhinusa antirrhini) for a common Palaearctic weevil species by giving this nominal species precedence over its little-used older subjective synonym Curculio noctis Herbst, 1795, whenever the two are considered synonyms.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v78.a015

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