Resolution of some nomenclatural issues in the Cetoniinae, Dynastinae, Hopliinae, Melolonthinae, Pachydeminae and Sericinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Author Allsopp, Peter G. Queensland Museum Kurilpa, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, Australia. Author Schoolmeesters, Paul Langeveldstraat, 23, 3020 Herent, Belgium. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-04-09 5433 4 573 580 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5433.4.6 journal article 293444 10.11646/zootaxa.5433.4.6 b0a9fac9-ad91-44a3-88eb-17cf6c63e521 1175-5326 10954655 CD516307-D2FD-4AD3-9BC6-A78A04EE6956 Aceratus Endrődi, 1969 Acerus Burmeister, 1847: 113 , nec Acerus Agassiz, 1846 . Erected for two species ( Acerus davus Burmeister, 1847 ; Acerus phyllis Burmeister, 1847 ), but no type species designated. Aceratus : Prell 1936: 145 . Unavailable replacement name for Acerus Burmeister. Aceratus Endrődi, 1969: 101 . Type species Acerus davus Burmeister, 1847 , by original designation. Diagnosis. See Endrődi (1969 , 1985 ). Composition: Aceratus davus ( Burmeister, 1847 ) ; Aceratus phyllis ( Burmeister, 1847 ) . Distribution. Southern Brazil .