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Case 3693 Cryptodacus Hendel, 1914 (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae): Proposed suppression of Cryptodacus Gundlach, 1862 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae)

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https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v72i3.a12

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Abstract

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3, is to conserve current usage of the well-established genus-group name Cryptodacus Hendel, 1914 for a genus of Neotropical fruit flies by suppression of the earlier, unused name Cryptodacus Gundlach, 1862, currently a junior synonym of Arrhyton Günther, 1858, a genus of snakes, under the plenary power of the Commission, in the interest of nomenclatural stability. Cryptodacus Gundlach has not been used as a valid name since 1883, whereas Cryptodacus Hendel has been used in a significant body of literature relating to fruit fly systematics, morphology and phylogeny and is the currently used name in various name and molecular databases.

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Norrbom, A.L., McDiarmid, R.W., Chen, X., David, J., De Meyer, M., Freidberg, A., Han, H., Hancock, D., Steck, G.J., Thompson, F.R., White, I., Zucchi, R.A., 2015, Case 3693 Cryptodacus Hendel, 1914 (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae): Proposed suppression of Cryptodacus Gundlach, 1862 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae): Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, v. 72, no. 3, p. 204-208, https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v72i3.a12.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Case 3693 Cryptodacus Hendel, 1914 (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae): Proposed suppression of Cryptodacus Gundlach, 1862 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae)
Series title Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
DOI 10.21805/bzn.v72i3.a12
Volume 72
Issue 3
Year Published 2015
Language English
Publisher International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature
Contributing office(s) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Description 5 p.
First page 204
Last page 208
Online Only (Y/N) N
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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