@article {393, title = {Case 3853: Eumeces niger Hombron \& Jacquinot, 1853 (currently Emoia nigra)\ (Reptilia, Scincidae): proposed conservation of prevailing usage by setting aside a\ lectotype designation for Gongylus (Eumeces) freycinetii Dum{\'e}ril \& Bibron, 1839\ (currently Emoia atrocostata freycinetii).}, journal = {Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature}, volume = {78}, year = {2021}, month = {12}, type = {Case}, chapter = {201}, abstract = {

The purpose of the present application, under Articles 74.1.1 and 81.1 of the Code, is to maintain consistent usage of the commonly used name\ Emoia nigra\ (Hombron \&\ Jacquinot, 1853) by setting aside a lectotype designation for\ Gongylus\ (Eumeces)\ freycineti\ Dum{\'e}ril \& Bibron, 1839\ by\ Wells \& Wellington in 1985\ in favour of a later lectotype designation by\ Brown in 1991.

}, keywords = {Nomenclature, taxonomy, Reptilia, Scincidae, Emoia nigra, Emoia atrocostata freycineti, skink}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/bzn/article/view/70601}, author = {Shea, Glenn M}, editor = {Fisher, Robert N} }