Open AccessDASYTROGUS REITTER, 1902, THE VALID NAME OF THE GENUS CURRENTLY KNOWN AS MADOTROGUS REITTER, 1902 (COLEOPTERA, MELOLONTHIDAE)
Author(s) -
Tristâo Branco
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
fragmenta entomologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2284-4880
pISSN - 0429-288X
DOI - 10.4081/fe.2010.214
Subject(s) - nomenclature , genus , zoology , international code of zoological nomenclature , code (set theory) , biology , taxonomy (biology) , programming language , computer science , set (abstract data type)
The reasons are explained why, according to the current edition of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Dasytrogus Reitter, 1902 is the valid name of the genus currently known as Madotrogus Reitter, 1902. The nomenclatural history of the case is reviewed, showing that, under the two previous editions of the Code, Madotrogus was indeed its valid name by the choice of the first reviser