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Case 3890: Gyrinus (Gyretes) dorsalis Brullé, 1837 (currently Gyretes dorsalis) (Insecta, Coleoptera, GYRINIDAE): proposed conservation of the specific name

Hans Fery, “Case 3890: Gyrinus (Gyretes) dorsalis Brullé, 1837 (currently Gyretes dorsalis) (Insecta, Coleoptera, GYRINIDAE): proposed conservation of the specific name”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 81, 2024.

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the ICZN Code, is to conserve the specific name Gyrinus (Gyretes) dorsalis Brullé, 1837 (currently Gyretes dorsalis ; GYRINIDAE, GYRININAE, ORECTOCHILINI). Brullé’s name is threatened by the senior primary homonym Gyrinus dorsalis Gyllenhal, 1808 (currently Gyrinus ( Gyrinus )  dorsalis....

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