@article {334, title = {Opinion 2460: Heteronychus\ Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera,\ Scarabaeidae,\ Dynastinae):\ Geotrupes cricetus\ Hausmann, 1807 conserved as type species}, journal = {Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature}, volume = {77}, year = {2020}, month = {7}, type = {Opinion}, chapter = {101}, abstract = {

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to conserve the current usage of the generic name\ Heteronychus Dejean, 1833\ by setting aside all previous type fixations for this genus preceding that of\ Geotrupes cricetus Hausmann, 1807\ by\ Krell in 2002.

}, keywords = {African black beetle, black sugarcane beetle, Dynastinae, Geotrupes syrichtus, Heteronychus, Heteronychus cricetus, Nomenclature, Scarabaeidae, Syrictes, taxonomy, type species}, author = {ICZN} }