Substitution of some species-level names in the tribe Hygrotini Portevin, 1929 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae)
Author
Fery, Hans
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-01
4341
3
425
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journal article
31668
10.11646/zootaxa.4341.3.8
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Hyphoporus elevatus
Sharp, 1882
, and
Coelambus elevatus
Sharp, 1882
The name
Hyphoporus elevatus
Sharp, 1882
has been continuously treated as valid since its first publication until the genus
Hyphoporus
was lowered in rank and treated as subgenus of genus
Hygrotus
by
Villastrigo
et al
. (2017b)
.
The name
Coelambus elevatus
Sharp, 1882
has been treated as valid for long time after its publication—either in combination with the generic name
Coelambus
Thomson, 1860
, or in combination with the generic name
Hygrotus
Stephens, 1828
(mostly with
Coelambus
as subgeneric name). In
Fery (1992: 343)
it was shown that this name is a junior subjective synonym of
Coelambus saginatus
(Schaum, 1857)
, the latter being treated as
Hygrotus
(
Leptolambus
)
saginatus
in
Villastrigo
et al
. (2017b)
.
This homonymy is a special case because both taxa are described in one and the same work. Since no "page-priority" exists, the precedence between the two names cannot be objectively determined. By acting as First Reviser according to Article 24.2 of the ICZN (see also Articles 23.6, 52.3 and the Glossary of the
ICZN 1999
), I fix hereby the precedence of the name
Hygrotus
(
Hyphoporus
)
elevatus
(
Sharp, 1882: 390
)
as published in the binomen
Hyphoporus elevatus
over the name
Hygrotus
(
Leptolambus
)
elevatus
(
Sharp, 1882: 403
)
as published in the binomen
Coelambus elevatus
.
This First Reviser action serves best the stability of the nomenclature because the specific name
elevatus
Sharp, 1882
: 390
has precedence over the other name and, thus, can be kept as valid. Additionally, there is no need to substitute the other name because it is a junior synonym of
Hygrotus
(
Leptolambus
)
saginatus
.