International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature

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Nomenclature; taxonomy; Coleoptera; Gyrinidae; Macrogyrus glaucus; Orectogyrus glaucus; whirligig beetles; homonymy

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Case 3891: Gyrinus glaucus Aubé, 1838 [currently Macrogyrus (Andogyrus) glaucus] (Insecta, Coleoptera, GYRINIDAE): proposed conservation of the specific name

Hans Fery, “Case 3891: Gyrinus glaucus Aubé, 1838 [currently Macrogyrus (Andogyrus) glaucus] (Insecta, Coleoptera, GYRINIDAE): proposed conservation of the specific name”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 81, 2024.

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.5 of the ICZN Code, is to conserve the specific name Gyrinus glaucus Aubé, 1838 (currently Macrogyrus ( Andogyrus ) glaucus ; GYRINIDAE, GYRININAE, DINEUTINI). The name is threatened by the senior primary homonym Gyrinus glaucus Klug,....

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