Cyber nomenclaturalists and the “ CESA itch ” Author O’Hara, James E. text Zootaxa 2011 2933 57 64 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.278070 791cdfb9-7cf1-457a-8d09-e95f21d1b30b 1175-5326 278070 Lehrera Koçak & Kemal, 2009 ( Diptera , Sarcophagidae ) Koçak & Kemal ( 2009 b: 7 ) proposed this new replacement name in the Sarcophagidae (Diptera) in this brief statement: “ Lehrera nom.n. pro Devriesia Lehrer, 1995 (Ent. Ber. Amsterdam 55 ( 10 ): 158 14 nec Devriesia Mintz, 1967 (Diss.Abstr. 27 B: 2748 ) (Echinodermata)”. Footnote 14 cites a recent usage of Devriesia Lehrer : “ Devriesia Lehrer , l 995 is currently treated as valid generic name (see: Lehrer, A.Z., 2006 , Fragm. dipt. 3 : 14–22 )”. There are several aspects of this nomenclatural act that are problematic: 1 ) It is advisable, but not necessary, when proposing a replacement name to cite the type species, to list other affected species (i.e., new combinations), and perhaps to give some indication of where the taxa occur. 2 ) The first usage of the name Devriesia by Mintz ( 1967 ) in Dissertation Abstracts can be interpreted as unpublished by Article 9.7 of the Code ( ICZN 1999 ): “Article 9 . What does not constitute published work. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 8 , none of the following constitutes published work within the meaning of the Code: … 9.7. copies obtained on demand of an unpublished work [Art. 8 ], even if previously deposited in a library or other archive.” 3 ) Even if Mintz ( 1967 ) is considered a published work, the name Devriesia was treated as unavailable by Kier & Lawson ( 1978 : 96 ) : “ Mintz ( 1967 : 2748 ) referred Toxaster lafittei to a new genus Devriesia Mintz but included no description of the genus. Devriesia is, therefore, a nomen nudum .” 4 ) Current usage of Devriesia Lehrer was established by Koçak & Kemal ( 2009 b) by reference to one of Lehrer’s own publications ( Lehrer 2006 ). However, Lehrer’s classification of the Sarcophagidae is viewed as oversplit by most specialists of the family. The synonymy of Devriesia Lehrer with Sarcophaga ( Heteronychia ), as first proposed by Pape ( 1996 ) , was confirmed recently by Whitmore ( 2011 ) who studied the type series of the type species Sarcophaga ferox Villeneuve, 1908 . The foregoing can be summarized as follows, with Lehrera Koçak & Kemal ( 2009 b) falling into subjective synonymy with S. ( Heteronychia ): Sarcophaga subg. Heteronychia Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 ( Diptera , Sarcophagidae ) Heteronychia Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 : 124 . Type species: Heteronychia chaetoneura Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 (= Sarcophaga dissimilis Meigen, 1826 ), by monotypy. Devriesia Lehrer, 1995 : 158 . Type species: Sarcophaga ferox Villeneuve, 1908 , by original designation. Lehrera Koçak & Kemal, 2009 b : 7 (unnecessary nomen novum for Devriesia Lehrer, 1995 ). New synonymy .