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
427
journal article
31668
10.11646/zootaxa.4341.3.8
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Herophydrus vittatus
Régimbart, 1895
Herophydrus vittatus
Régimbart, 1895
: 43
was transferred to genus
Hygrotus
subgenus
Hygrotus
(s. str.) by
Villastrigo
et al
. (2017b)
. Thus, this name became a junior secondary homonym of
Hygrotus
(
Leptolambus
)
vittatus
(
Sharp 1884: 441
)
, which was originally published in the binomen
Coelambus vittatus
. The latter name was treated as junior synonym of
Hygrotus
(
Leptolambus
)
chinensis
(
Sharp, 1882
)
by
J. Balfour-Browne (1947: 438; with the subgeneric name
Coelambus
)
for the first time. Afterwards, however, the taxon was again interpreted as valid (e.g. by
Kirejtshuk 2001
) until the synonymy was re-established by
Fery (2003: 148)
.
Since no synonym of
vittatus
Régimbart
exists, the name must be substituted by a new replacement name. This is why I hereby substitute the invalid name
Hygrotus
(s. str.)
vittatus
(
Régimbart, 1895
)
by the new replacement name
Hygrotus
(s. str.)
mauricei
nom. nov.
The name is a substantive in the singular genitive formed from the forename of Maurice Régimbart and in honour of that great entomologist.