@article {173, title = {Case 3723: Bolitophagus cornutus Fabricius, 1801 (currently Bolitotherus cornutus) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): proposed conservation of the specific name}, journal = {Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature}, volume = {74}, year = {2017}, month = {5}, type = {Case}, chapter = {17}, 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

}, keywords = {Nomenclature, taxonomy, Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Bolitotherus, Opatrum bifurcum, Bolitophagus cornutus, North America}, author = {Bousquet, Y and Bouchard, P} }