Ogyges Kaup 1871

Cano, Enio B., 2014, Ogyges Kaup, a flightless genus of Passalidae (Coleoptera) from Mesoamerica: nine new species, a key to identify species, and a novel character to support its monophyly, Zootaxa 3889 (4), pp. 451-484 : 452-454

Ogyges Kaup 1871

Type species. Proculejus laevissimus Kaup, 1868 , subsequent designation by Hincks & Dibb (1935: 20).

References. Ogyges Kaup, 1871: 69–70 ; Kuwert 1891: 192; Kuwert 1896: 291; Kuwert 1897: 291–292; Arrow 1906: 450; Reyes-Castillo 1970: 174–177; Schuster & Reyes-Castillo 1981: 109; Reyes-Castillo & Castillo 1986: 147–148; Reyes-Castillo, Fonseca, & Castillo 1987; Schuster & Reyes-Castillo 1990: 1–49; Schuster 1992: 361–362; Reyes-Castillo 2003: 167-168; Schuster et al. 2005: 118-130; Schuster 2006: 388; Boucher 2006: 319, 330, 343, 346, 355, 360–361, 364–365, 368–369; Fonseca et al. 2011: 3, 15–16.

Oxyges Wytsman 1884: 337 (incorrect subsequent spelling, not valid, introduced by Kaup 1871:58); Bates 1886: 7; Zang 1903: 419.

Pseudacanthus Kaup, 1869 : Hincks & Dibb 1935: 21; Blackwelder 1944: 190. Available genus.

Proculejus Kaup, 1868 (original combination): Harold 1868: 973; Hincks 1953: 30; Hincks & Dibb 1958: 10. Available genus.

Nomenclatural commentary. Rafinesque (1815: 135) placed the name Ogyges under the “Classe Helmisia, Les Vers [worms], Sous-Classe Annelidia, Ordre Endobranchia [internal or inconspicuous gills], Famille Chetopodia, Les Chètopodes [=Polychaeta], and S.F. [Subfamily] Euphrisea, Les Euphrysiens [tentacled head]”. Since the original publication, the name Ogyges Rafinesque has not been applied to any species of Polychaeta. In fact, neither Rafinesque (1815:135) nor any subsequent author made a diagnosis or designated a type species for this genus, failing to fulfill the requirements of availability of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature ( International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1999). Neave (1940: 398) considered Ogyges Kaup, 1871 as a junior homonym of Ogyges Rafinesque, 1815:135 , but placed the name of Rafinesque as a nomen nudum “[n.n]”. Nonetheless, according to the Code ( International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1999), Ogyges Rafinesque 1815 is unavailable because it lacks description (article 12.1) or indication (article 12.2). Therefore, it does not compete in priority with Ogyges Kaup 1871 , which is an available and valid name.