Replacement names for Beckius Dechambre, 1992 and Syrictes Prell, 1936, and validation of Neoryctes Arrow, 1908 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)
Author
Allsopp, Peter G.
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-07-14
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Kirprellius
Allsopp
, replacement name for
Syrichtus
Kirby
in
Hope, 1837
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Syrichtus
Kirby
in
Hope, 1837: 91
(
nec
Syrichtus
Boisduval, 1834
(
Lepidoptera
:
Hesperiidae
) =
Pyrgus
Hübner, 1819
).
Type
species
Scarabaeus syrichtus
Fabricius, 1775
, by original designation.
Syrichthus
:
Burmeister 1847: 166
(in error).
Syrictes
Prell, 1936: 152
(
nec
Syrictes
Jordan
& Evermann, 1927
(
Actinopterygii
:
Syngnathidae
) =
Syngnathus
Linnaeus, 1758
). Replacement name for
Syrichtus
Kirby, 1837
.
Type
species.
Scarabaeus syrichtus
Fabricius, 1775
(
Fig. 3
).
Etymology.
The name is an amalgam of the names of William Kirby and Heinrich Prell in recognition of their contributions to the nomenclature of the
Dynastinae
. The name is masculine in gender.