Ancistrosoma Curtis, 1835

Fuhrmann, Juares & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2017, Macrodactylini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae): primary types of type species and taxonomic changes to the generic classification, European Journal of Taxonomy 350, pp. 1-71 : 14

Ancistrosoma Curtis, 1835 , nomen protectum

Sciuropus Dejean, 1833: 162 , nomen oblitum. Type species: Melolontha rufipes Latreille, 1813 (designation: monotypy).

Type species

Ancistrosoma klugii Curtis, 1835 (designation: monotypy).

Remark

As stated by Bousquet & Bouchard (2013) Sciuropus is a senior synonym of Ancistrosoma ; the latter name, however, was used as valid for a long time ( Guimarães 1977; Ayquipa & Cueva 1979; Aguilar-Fernández 1980; Valdivieso-Jara & Núñez-Sacarías 1984; Cisneros 1995; Peña & Bennet 1995; Restrepo-Giraldo & López-Ávila 2000; Rogg 2000; Bentley & Vilca 2001; Peck et al. 2002; Morales-Valles et al. 2003; Evans 2003; Evans & Smith 2005, 2007, 2009; Egúsquiza-Bayona et al. 2006; Katovich 2008, 2011; Mera-Velasco et al. 2010; Santandeu 2010; Valoy et al. 2011, 2015; Neita-Moreno et al. 2012; Rojo-Jiménez 2014; López-García et al. 2015; Ratcliffe et al. 2015) ( Ancistrosoma – Gess & Gess 2014 lapsus calami of Ancistromma Fox, 1894 , Hymenoptera ), and Sciuropus was used only once since its publication ( Rühl 1888). The present study proposes the reversal of precedence of Ancistrosoma , nomen protectum over Sciuropus , nomen oblitum in accordance with ICZN (1999) Article 23.9.