Trachytes Michael, 1894

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scientific name	Trachytes Michael, 1894
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Notes. Trachytes Michael, 1894 was a replacement name for Trachynotus Kramer, 1876 View in CoL , which is a junior homonym of Trachynotus Latreille, 1829 (Coleoptera) View in CoL . When it was originally described, Trachytes included two species— Celaeno aegrota Koch, 1847 and Trachynotus pyriformis Kramer, 1876 . Camin (1953) reported that Michael (1894) had designated pyriformis as the type species of Trachynotus View in CoL . This would automatically mean that pyriformis is also the type species of Trachytes . Johnston (1961) also stated that Michael (1894) had designated pyriformis as the type species of both Trachynotus View in CoL and Trachytes . Camin and Johnston appear to be referring to Michael's statement (1908: 293) that Trachynotus pyriformis Kramer, 1876 "may well be the type of a separate genus". Some authors report that the type species of Trachytes is Celaeno aegrota Koch, 1847 , but this was adequately refuted by Camin (1953). The genus name Trachynotus View in CoL has been incorrectly spelled as Trachinotus View in CoL and Trachynothus by some authors.