A new species of Xenorhipis LeConte and of Mastogenius Solier from Mexico, with a discussion of Chrysobothris ichthyomorpha Thomson and its allies and notes on other Mexican and Central American Buprestidae (Coleoptera)
Author
Westcott, Richard L.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1929
47
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.274593
2ff7011a-37c6-4b0e-aa5e-0724c210f8e0
1175-5326
274593
Mastogenius cyanelytron
Westcott
,
new species
.
Mastogenius cyanelytra
Westcott, 2005
: 41
.
Unavailable name
I (
Westcott 2005
) stated that the specific epithet for this species is a noun in apposition. However, according to Article 11.9.1 of the
ICZN (1999)
, a noun in apposition must be singular; therefore, the original name is unavailable and creation of a new species is necessary. This new species follows my (2005) description for
M. cyanelytra
. The
holotype
for
M. cyanelytron
is as designated in that publication for the former name: “
MEXICO
,
México
,
2800 m
, Santa Catarina del Monte,
12 km
(air) ESE Texcoco,
23.vii.1999
, R. L. Westcott, beating
Quercus rugosa
/
HOLOTYPE
Mastogenius cyanelytra
R. L. Westcott
, deposited in UNAM. In my opinion the
ICZN (1999)
needs clarification regarding how to rectify unavailable names as therein I cannot find any specific mention of that process.
The following three species are discussed in detail, and because of their close and complex relationship are presented together for ease of comparison.