Euronycha Péringuey, 1904

Euronycha Péringuey, 1904: 30; Arrow 1917: 61; Machatschke 1959: 744.

Type species (here designated): Euronycha rhodesiana Péringuey, 1904 .

Originally included nominal species: Triodonta modesta Péringuey, 1892; Euronycha rhodesiana Péringuey, 1904; Euronycha sebakuana Péringuey, 1904; Triodonta sericans Fåhraeus, 1857 .

Type material examined ( Euronycha rhodesiana Péringuey, 1904): Lectotype (here designated): ɗ “ Rhodesia Sebakwe / D. Dods. 190 / Euronycha rhodesiana Type Py” (SAMC). Paralectotypes: 7 ɗɗ, 1 Ψ “ Rhodesia Sebakwe / D. Dods. 190 / Euronycha rhodesiana Type Py” (SAMC), 3 ΨΨ “ Rhodesia Sebakwe / Euronycha rhodesiana Type P / Euronycha rhodesiana Per. det. L. Péringuey A.R.I. Pretoria / Syntype Euronycha rhodesiana Péringuey, 1904 SANC TYPE TYPS 00181” (SANC), 1 Ψ “ Rhodesia Sebakwe / Euronycha rhodesiana Py / Euronycha rhodesiana Per. det. L. Péringuey A.R.I. Pretoria / National Coll. of Insects Pretoria, S. Afr." (SANC), 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ "Sebakwe / Euronycha rhodesiana Pér. / Euronycha rhodesiana Per. det. L. Péringuey A.R.I. Pretoria / National Coll. of Insects Pretoria, S. Afr." (SANC).

Remarks: Euronycha Péringuey, 1904 was synonymized with Triodonta Mulsant, 1842 by Arrow (1917). Since Triodonta Mulsant is a junior homonym of Triodonta Bory de Saint Vincent, 1827, it is invalid and a replacement name was proposed: Triodontella Reitter, 1919 . However, Arrow’s act has of synonymizing Euronycha with Triodonta has been overlooked by all later authors, particularly those working on Mediterranean fauna where Triodontella is currently in use (e.g. Branco & Ruiz 2003). The first step to determine if Triodontella and Euronycha were justifiably synonymized is to select a type species for Euronycha . Euronycha rhodesiana have been selected as type species of Euronycha because it seems to be the most common taxon in South African collections.