Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
Author
Bouchard, Patrice
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Bousquet, Yves
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Davies, Anthony E.
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Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.
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Lawrence, John F.
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Lyal, Chris H. C.
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Newton, Alfred F.
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Reid, Chris A. M.
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Schmitt, Michael
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Ślipinski, S. Adam
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Smith, Andrew B. T.
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ZooKeys
2011
88
1
972
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.88.807
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.88.807
1313-2970-88-1
Family
Prostomidae Thomson, 1859
*
Megagnathes
Motschulsky, 1849: 60 [stem: Megagnath-]. Type genus:
Megagnathus
Dejean, 1821 [preoccupied genus name, not
Megagnathus
Billberg, 1820
[
Coleoptera
:
Cerambycidae
]; syn. of
Prostomis
Latreille, 1819]. Comment: original vernacular name unavailable (Art. 11.7.2): not subsequently latinized; if found to be available then permanently invalid (Art. 39): based on preoccupied type genus.
Prostomidae
C. G. Thomson, 1859: 84 [stem: Prostom-]. Type genus:
Prostomis
Latreille, 1819. Comment: current spelling maintained (Art. 29.3.1.1): incorrect stem formation in prevailing usage (should be Prostomid-).