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<taxonomicName authority="Dejean, 1833" authorityName="Dejean" authorityYear="1833" box="[151,427,151,176]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Epinectus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,427,151,176]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,266,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectus</emphasis>
Dejean,
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<paragraph blockId="20.[151,1436,223,1616]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">
The name
<taxonomicName box="[274,384,225,248]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Epinectus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[274,384,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was first published by Dejean (
<number box="[756,816,224,248]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1833.0">1833</number>
), attributed to an unpublished work by Eschcholtz, to which it was also attributed by later authors (Aubé
<number box="[722,782,260,284]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1838.0">1838</number>
; Regimbart
<number box="[917,977,260,284]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1877.0">1877</number>
; Balfour-Browne
<number box="[1178,1238,260,285]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1945.0">1945</number>
). Dejeans (
<number box="[1370,1428,260,284]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1833.0">1833</number>
) catalogue did not include any descriptions, only a list of nomina, and for this reason Balfour-Browne (
<number box="[1369,1427,295,320]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1945.0">1945</number>
) believed that
<taxonomicName authority="Eschcholtz" authorityName="Eschcholtz" box="[301,542,332,357]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Epinectus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[301,411,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectus</emphasis>
Eschcholtz
</taxonomicName>
should be considered a
<emphasis box="[811,968,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">nomen nudum</emphasis>
following Opinion
<number box="[1189,1203,332,356]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1.0">1</number>
of the ICZN (
<number box="[1362,1423,332,356]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1944.0">1944</number>
). Balfour-Browne (
<number box="[352,410,367,392]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1945.0">1945</number>
) then suggested that Aubé (
<number box="[741,799,367,392]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1836.0">1836</number>
) made the nomen available by listing it as a synonym associated with a description.
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However, Dejeans (
<number box="[439,497,440,464]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1833.0">1833</number>
) lack of description is not what made
<taxonomicName box="[973,1083,441,464]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Epinectus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[973,1083,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
a
<emphasis box="[1121,1285,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">nomen nudum</emphasis>
at that time according to the current
<emphasis box="[437,496,476,501]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Code</emphasis>
. Dejeans (
<number box="[629,687,476,500]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1833.0">1833</number>
) work often indicated valid species nomina according to Article
<number box="[151,207,511,536]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="12.2">12.2</number>
.
<number box="[210,224,511,536]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="5.0">5</number>
. In the case of
<emphasis box="[393,510,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">
<taxonomicName box="[393,506,513,536]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Epinectus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Epinectus</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
the indication Dejean (
<number box="[772,830,512,536]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1833.0">1833</number>
) makes, is subject to some interpretation. The species associated with the generic concept of
<taxonomicName box="[582,693,549,572]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Epinectus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[582,693,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is
<emphasis box="[725,833,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">
<taxonomicName authority="Dej." authorityName="Dej." box="[733,833,548,573]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Gyrinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="Sulcatus">sulcatus</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
Dej.” It is reasonable to assume Dejean is referring to
<taxonomicName box="[151,344,583,608]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Gyrinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="Sulcatus">
<emphasis box="[151,344,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Gyrinus sulcatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, as Aubé (
<number box="[478,539,583,608]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1836.0">1836</number>
), Balfour-Browne (
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) and Brinck (
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) assumed, the authorship of that species is consistently attributed to Wiedeman (
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), not Dejean. If Dejean (
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) was accrediting himself with the specific nomen
<taxonomicName box="[373,465,655,680]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Gyrinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="Sulcatus">
<emphasis box="[373,465,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">sulcatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
it would render
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<emphasis box="[654,765,657,680]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectus</emphasis>
Dejean,
<number box="[867,923,656,680]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1833.0">1833</number>
</taxonomicName>
a
<emphasis box="[952,1111,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">nomen nudum</emphasis>
under the current
<emphasis box="[1321,1380,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Code</emphasis>
as it would be lacking reference to a valid species nomen or reference. However, if one refers to Aubé (
<number box="[1254,1313,692,717]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1836.0">1836</number>
) it appears that Dejeans action many not have been to suggest his authorship of the specific nomen
<taxonomicName box="[1153,1245,727,752]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Gyrinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="Sulcatus">
<emphasis box="[1153,1245,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">sulcatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but to suggest a new combination of which he as well as Aubé (1836, 1838) credit him authorship. Therefore, Dejeans (
<number box="[1369,1427,764,788]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1833.0">1833</number>
) indication could be treated as to a valid species or reference. This would result in Dejean (
<number box="[1166,1224,800,824]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1833.0">1833</number>
) taking authorship of
<taxonomicName box="[187,297,837,860]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Epinectus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[187,297,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the nomen being available and valid, rendering
<taxonomicName authority="Laporte, 1834" authorityName="Laporte" authorityYear="1834" box="[934,1216,836,861]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Enhydrus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[934,1042,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Enhydrus</emphasis>
Laporte,
<number box="[1160,1216,836,860]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1834.0">1834</number>
</taxonomicName>
a junior objective synonym. Dejean (
<number box="[366,424,872,896]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1833.0">1833</number>
) however, was inconsistent with accrediting himself for all new combinations as can be clearly seen with the nomen
<taxonomicName box="[475,619,908,933]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Orectochilus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[475,619,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Orectochilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, or his new nomen
<taxonomicName box="[843,1011,908,933]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Trigonocheilus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[843,1011,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Trigonocheilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which includes previously described nomina, where Dejean does not give authorship to himself with each new combination. Given this uncertainty, the most direct route is to assume Dejean (
<number box="[588,646,980,1004]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1833.0">1833</number>
) was ascribing himself with authorship to the specific nomen
<taxonomicName box="[1344,1436,980,1005]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Gyrinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="Sulcatus">
<emphasis box="[1344,1436,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">sulcatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
rendering
<taxonomicName authority="Dejean, 1833" authorityName="Dejean" authorityYear="1833" box="[266,536,1015,1040]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Epinectus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[266,376,1017,1040]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectus</emphasis>
Dejean,
<number box="[480,536,1016,1040]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1833.0">1833</number>
</taxonomicName>
a
<emphasis box="[565,724,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">nomen nudum</emphasis>
. This prevents further nomenclatural calamity with the nomen
<taxonomicName box="[151,258,1052,1077]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Enhydrus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[151,258,1052,1077]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Enhydrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and is in line with the Commissions ruling of Opinion
<number box="[894,936,1052,1076]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="714.0">714</number>
(Anonymous,
<number box="[1104,1164,1052,1077]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1964.0">1964</number>
), which already deemed
<taxonomicName authority="Dejean, 1833" authorityName="Dejean" authorityYear="1833" box="[151,418,1087,1112]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Epinectus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[151,261,1089,1112]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectus</emphasis>
Dejean,
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</taxonomicName>
a
<emphasis box="[444,601,1087,1112]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">nomen nudum</emphasis>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="20.[151,1436,223,1616]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">
The nomen
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<emphasis box="[338,448,1125,1148]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
again appeared in use by Régimbart (
<number box="[892,950,1124,1148]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1877.0">1877</number>
) as a subgenus of
<taxonomicName box="[1171,1278,1124,1149]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Enhydrus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1171,1278,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Enhydrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In this same work Régimbart (
<number box="[348,406,1160,1184]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1877.0">1877</number>
) created an unjustified emendation of the spelling, simply stating “the name of
<taxonomicName box="[1295,1405,1161,1184]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Epinectus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1295,1405,1161,1184]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or better
<taxonomicName box="[224,333,1197,1220]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Epinectes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[224,333,1197,1220]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” (translated). Régimbart (
<number box="[634,692,1196,1220]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1877.0">1877</number>
) divided the genus
<taxonomicName box="[922,1029,1196,1221]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Enhydrus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[922,1029,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Enhydrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
into two subgenera with
<taxonomicName box="[1325,1435,1197,1220]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Epinectus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1325,1435,1197,1220]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
including
<taxonomicName box="[264,453,1231,1256]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Gyrinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="Sulcatus">
<emphasis box="[264,453,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Gyrinus sulcatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis box="[508,681,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">
<taxonomicName box="[508,615,1231,1256]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Enhydrus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" sensu="stricto">Enhydrus</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[622,681,1233,1256]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" sensu="stricto">s. str.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
including the Australian species then placed in
<taxonomicName box="[1218,1325,1231,1256]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Enhydrus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1218,1325,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Enhydrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Balfour- Browne &amp; Brinck
<number box="[380,440,1268,1293]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1961.0">1961</number>
). Later, Régimbart (
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) erected the genus
<taxonomicName box="[988,1124,1269,1292]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Macrogyrus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[988,1124,1269,1292]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Macrogyrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to include the Australian
<emphasis box="[151,334,1303,1328]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">
<taxonomicName box="[151,259,1303,1328]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Enhydrus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" sensu="stricto">Enhydrus</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[270,334,1305,1328]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" sensu="stricto">s. str.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
species and relegated his name
<taxonomicName authority="Regimbart, 1877" authorityName="Regimbart" authorityYear="1877" box="[722,1036,1303,1328]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Epinectes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[722,831,1305,1328]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectes</emphasis>
Regimbart,
<number box="[980,1036,1304,1328]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1877.0">1877</number>
</taxonomicName>
to synonymy (Balfour-Browne &amp; Brinck
<number box="[239,299,1340,1365]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1961.0">1961</number>
). For this reason Balfour-Browne &amp; Brinck (
<number box="[834,892,1340,1365]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1961.0">1961</number>
) requested that
<taxonomicName authority="Regimbart, 1877" authorityName="Regimbart" authorityYear="1877" box="[1084,1398,1340,1365]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Epinectes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1084,1193,1341,1364]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectes</emphasis>
Régimbart,
<number box="[1342,1398,1340,1364]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1877.0">1877</number>
</taxonomicName>
be placed on the
<emphasis box="[306,1033,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology</emphasis>
despite his earlier (Balfour-Browne
<number box="[151,208,1412,1437]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1945.0">1945</number>
) promotion of the use of
<taxonomicName authority="Aube, 1838" authorityName="Aube" authorityYear="1838" box="[536,802,1412,1437]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Epinectus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[536,646,1413,1436]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectus</emphasis>
Aubé,
<number box="[743,802,1412,1436]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1838.0">1838</number>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<emphasis box="[875,1019,1412,1435]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">EPINECTINAE</emphasis>
(Balfour-Browne
<number box="[1239,1296,1412,1437]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1945.0">1945</number>
) instead of
<taxonomicName box="[151,259,1447,1472]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Enhydrus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[151,259,1447,1472]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Enhydrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName box="[312,452,1448,1471]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Magnoliophyta" rank="subTribe" subTribe="Enhydrinae">
<emphasis box="[312,452,1448,1471]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">ENHYDRINAE</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Balfour-Browne &amp; Brinck (
<number box="[774,832,1447,1472]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1961.0">1961</number>
) also suggested that
<taxonomicName box="[1064,1174,1449,1472]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Epinectus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1064,1174,1449,1472]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
be considered a
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">nomen nudum</emphasis>
, since they believed Dejeans (
<number box="[581,639,1484,1508]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1833.0">1833</number>
) indication to be invalid. Balfour-Browne &amp; Brincks (
<number box="[1265,1323,1484,1509]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1961.0">1961</number>
) proposal resulted in Opinion
<number box="[375,417,1520,1544]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="710.0">710</number>
(Anonymous
<number box="[578,635,1519,1544]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1964.0">1964</number>
) placing
<taxonomicName box="[740,850,1521,1544]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Epinectus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[740,850,1521,1544]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName box="[906,1015,1521,1544]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Epinectes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[906,1015,1521,1544]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
on the
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology</emphasis>
, with
<taxonomicName authority="Dejean, 1833" authorityName="Dejean" authorityYear="1833" box="[603,868,1556,1581]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Epinectus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[603,713,1557,1580]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectus</emphasis>
Dejean,
<number box="[812,868,1556,1580]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1833.0">1833</number>
</taxonomicName>
as a
<emphasis box="[923,1080,1556,1581]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">nomen nudum</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName authority="Regimbart, 1877" authorityName="Regimbart" authorityYear="1877" box="[1133,1436,1556,1581]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Epinectes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1133,1242,1557,1580]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Epinectes</emphasis>
Régimbart,
<number box="[1380,1436,1556,1580]" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" value="1877.0">1877</number>
</taxonomicName>
as a junior objective synonym of
<taxonomicName box="[524,631,1591,1616]" class="Insecta" family="Gyrinidae" genus="Enhydrus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[524,631,1591,1616]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="97">Enhydrus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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