A Review Of The Family- Group Names For The Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) With Corrections To Nomenclature And A Current Classification
Author
Smith, Andrew B. T.
Canadian Museum of Nature, P. O. Box 3443, Station D Ottawa, ON K 1 P 6 P 4, CANADA
asmith@mus-nature.ca
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2006
mo 5
2006-12-01
60
144
204
journal article
10.1649/0010-065x(2006)60[144:arotfn]2.0.co;2
1938-4394
4911861
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Tribe
RHYPARINI
Schmidt, 1910
Original spelling and citation: Rhyparina
Schmidt 1910: 130
Type
genus:
Rhyparus
Westwood, 1845
: xciii (
Westwood 1845
b
*)
Remark: The original spelling of the
type
genus is
Ryparus
and
Agassiz (1847)
later made the unjustified emendation to
Rhyparus
. Since this unjustified emendation is in prevailing usage, it should be considered a justified emendation (Article 33.2.3.1). The emended spelling avoids homonymy with
Ryparus
Spinola, 1844
(
Coleoptera
:
Cleridae
).
Rhyparus
Westwood, 1845
is a senior homonym of
Rhyparus
Agassiz, 1847
(
Coleoptera
:
Cleridae
). The later name is an unjustified emendation of
Ryparus
Spinola, 1844
and is not in prevailing usage. Since the emended spelling is not in prevailing usage for the
Cleridae
name,
Ryparus
Spinola, 1844
and the
Cleridae
Rhyparus
Agassiz, 1847
should both be treated as separate names.