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 ovalis
Gschwendtner, 1932
Herophydrus ovalis
Gschwendtner, 1932
: 263
was transferred to genus
Hygrotus
subgenus
Hygrotus
(s. str.) by
Villastrigo
et al
. (2017b)
. Thus, this name became a junior secondary homonym of
Hygrotus
(s. str.)
ovalis
(
Thunberg, 1784: 19
)
, which was originally published in the binomen
Dytiscus ovalis
. The latter name is currently treated as subjective junior synonym of
Hygrotus
(
Leptolambus
)
impressopunctatus
(
Schaller, 1783
)
. Additionally, Thunberg's name is an invalid junior primary homonym of
Dytiscus ovalis
Ström, 1768
: 328
(which is a nomen dubium); however, both names are available names and enter into homonymy.
According to
Biström & Nilsson (2002: 60)
,
Hygrotus
(s. str.)
wahlbergi
(
Omer-Cooper, 1956: 363
)
—published in the binomen
Herophydrus wahlbergi
—is a subjective junior synonym and is hereby taken to substitute Gschwendtner's name.