Onthophagus semichalcites d’Orbigny 1902
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.5.9 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6087425 |
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Onthophagus semichalcites d’Orbigny 1902 |
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Onthophagus semichalcites d’Orbigny 1902 View in CoL ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 C, H)
Described from “ Benin ” and reported by d’Orbigny (1913: 428) from “ Nigeria: Benin ” (incorrect provenance).
On examining the type specimens of O. semichalcites (2 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀ MNHN), we could confirm that this species name actually refers to O. bidentatus , a well-known species of Central and South America . In order to maintain the stability of the zoological nomenclature, a major male belonging to the syntypic series of O. semichalcites is selected and designated as lectotype ( ICZN, 1999: recommendation 73F, Art. 74). The name-bearing type will provide objective continuity in the application of this species name. Six paralectotypes have also been identified and properly labelled. Hence, according to the Art. 23 of the ICZN (1999), we establish the following new synonymy:
d'Orbigny, H. (1902) Memoire sur les Onthophagides d'Afrique. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France. Paris 71 (1 - 2), 1 - 324.
d'Orbigny, H. (1913) Synopsis des Onthophagides d'Afrique. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France. Paris, 82, 1 - 742. Palisot de Beauvois, A. M. F. J. (1809) Insectes recueillis en Afrique et en Amerique, dans les royaumes d'Oware et de Benin, a Saint- Domingue et dans les Etats-Unis, pendant les annees 1786 - 1797. Sixieme Livraison. Imprimerie de Fain, Paris, 12 pp. [pp. 89 - 100]
ICZN (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature) (1999) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. 4 th Edition. The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, London, 306 pp.
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