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Author
Evenhuis, Neal L.
Author
O’Hara, James E.
Author
Pape, Thomas
Author
Pont, Adrian C.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2010-02-26
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Strauzia
Robineau-Desvoidy
,
1830
:
718
.
ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES:
Strauzia inermis
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
;
Strauzia armata
Robineau- Desvoidy, 1830.
TYPE
SPECIES
:
Strauzia inermis
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
, by subsequent designation (
Foote, 1965: 676
).
CURRENT STATUS: Valid genus [
teste
Norrbom
et al
. (1999: 211)
].
FAMILY:
TEPHRITIDAE
.
REMARKS:
Robineau-Desvoidy’s 1830
paper came out on 6 June while
Wiedemann’s 1830
paper came out less than three months later in September [see References in this paper for dating of the former and
Evenhuis (1997: 822)
for dating of the latter]. The
type
species is therefore a senior synonym of
Trypeta longipennis
Wiedemann, 1830
, but as we have found no use of the name
Strauzia inermis
Robineau- Desvoidy, 1830 as valid after 1899, it appears to fulfill the requirements for a
nomen oblitum
.
Trypeta longipennis
Wiedemann, 1830
is in prevailing usage and has appeared as a valid name in the genus
Strauzia
in at least 25 publications by more than 10 authors during the past 50 years including the following:
Arnett (1985)
, Bisby
et al
. (2008),
Bridges (1972)
,
Charlet
et al
. (1987)
,
Charlet
et al
. (1992)
,
Denoroy (1996)
,
Eaton & Kaufman (2007)
,
Fast (1966)
,
Foote (1964
,
1965
),
Foote & Steyskal (1987)
,
Foote
et al
. (1993)
,
Frost (1964)
,
Hilgendorf & Goeden (1981)
,
Hill (1987)
,
Hoes & Huang (1975)
,
Kays &
Nottingham
(2008)
,
Marshall (2006)
,
Norrbom
et al
. (1999)
, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2006),
Steck & Sutton (2001)
,
Steyskal (1972
,
1986
),
Stoltzfus (1988)
,
Sutton & Steck (2005)
,
Westdal & Barrett (1960
,
1962
),
Williams
et al
. (1998)
. In the interests of nomenclatural stability, we hereby invoke reversal of precedence (ICZN
Code
Article 23.9.2) and declare
Strauzia inermis
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
a
nomen oblitum
and
Trypeta longipennis
Wiedemann, 1830
a
nomen protectum
.
Norrbom
et al
. (1999: 211)
alleged that the emendation by
Loew (1873: 243)
to
Straussia
was justified, but they rejected it in the interests of stability. The same emendation by
Agassiz (1846b: 354)
is earlier, but the dedication by
Robineau-Desvoidy (1830: 718)
stating for whom the genus-group
Strauzia
is being named is “M. Straus”, not “Strauss”, thus the emendations listed below are all unjustified (and would be so in any case as Robineau-Desvoidy’s repeated use of “
Strauzia
” is a clear indication that this was the intended spelling).
Loew (1873: 17)
remarked that
Strauzia
was named for Hercule “Strauss- Dürkheim” [also spelled as “Straus-Dürkheim”] (an anatomy professor at the Collège de
Paris
). Loew may have been correct but there is no etymology of this name in
Robineau-Desvoidy (1830)
other than the aforementioned dedication to “
M. Straus
,
anatomiste
”.
EMENDATIONS:
Straussia
Agassiz, 1846b: 354
(unjustified);
Straussia
Loew, 1873: 17
, 243 (unjustified);
Straxissia
Verrall
in
Scudder, 1882: 319
(unjustified),
n
.
syn
.