Gyrinus curtus Régimbart, 1883

Fery, Hans & Hájek, Jiří, 2016, Nomenclatural notes on some Palaearctic Gyrinidae (Coleoptera), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (2), pp. 645-663 : 654

‘ Gyrinus curtus Régimbart, 1883 ’

The name Gyrinus curtus Régimbart, 1883: 168 was given in the ‘ PalCat ’ as available and as junior subjective synonym of Gyrinus japonicus Sharp, 1873 . In this case it would be a junior primary homonym of Gyrinus curtus Motschulsky, 1866: 165 . However, RÉGIMBART (1883) clearly did not intend to describe a new species, but only misinterpreted (redescription based on incorrectly identified specimens) Motschulsky’s species, what he subsequently corrected in RÉGIMBART (1886: 254). Therefore, this unavailable name will not be included in the new edition of the Palaearctic Catalogue.