Synonymical and nomenclatural notes on Trachyderini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae)
Author
Monné, Marcela L.
Author
Monné, Miguel A.
text
Zootaxa
2013
3686
3
356
362
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3686.3.4
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Megaderus
Germar, 1824
, reinstated
Megaderus
Germar, 1824
: 501
.
Neomegaderus
Monné, 2006
: 179
, syn. nov., unnecesary replacement name.
Type-species
:
Cerambyx stigma
Linnaeus, 1758
(by monotypy)
The name
Megaderus
was used by
Rafinesque (1815: 231)
for
Muraenidae (Pisces)
as a name in the index of a catalogue and later by
Dejean (1821: 106)
for a cerambycid without a description and with ambiguity surrounding the epithet “
stigma
.
” Since both names were published without author, they are considered
nomina nuda.
Germar (1824: 501)
was the first author who published description of
Megaderus
(
Megaderi
)
and listed
C. stigma
.
According to article 11.8.1 of the ICZN a genus-group proposed in Latin text but written otherwise than in the nominative singular it is to be corrected to the nominative singular (ICZN, 1999). Therefore, the correct form is
Megaderus
and should be reinstated.