Nomenclatural notes on some Palaearctic Gyrinidae (Coleoptera)
Author
Fery, Hans
Räuschstrasse 73, D- 13509 Berlin, Germany; e-mail: hanfry @ aol. com
Author
Hájek, Jiří
Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ- 193 00 Praha 9 - Horní Počernice, Czech Republic; e-mail: jiri _ hajek @ nm. cz
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2016
2016-11-15
56
2
645
663
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.10273325
0374-1036
10273325
2C0E3A0A-8398-4BC3-BEBC-EA714FDC9F3DR
Gyrinus violaaquatica
Modeer, 1780
The taxon was originally published as ‘
Gyrinus
Viola aquatica
’.
MODEER (1780: 160)
adapted this name from
ALDROVANDI (1602: 706)
. One might argue that this name does not agree with Article 5 (‘Principle of Binominal Nomenclature’) of the
ICZN (1999)
, and thus would be an unavailable name. However, ‘
Viola aquatica
’ is the name of a plant (‘water violet’, currently named
Hottonia palustris
Linnaeus, 1753
), and thus ‘a compound species-group name published as separate words that are deemed to form a single word’ (Article 32.5.2.2 of the
ICZN 1999
; see also Article 11.9.5), which makes it an available name. The species was mentioned as ‘
aquatica
’ in the ‘
PalCat
’. Without any exception
G. violaaquatica
was always considered a junior subjective synonym of
Orectochilus villosus
(O. F.
Müller, 1776
)
.