Roy W. McDiarmid
Xiao-Lin Chen
J. David
Marc De Meyer
Amnon Freidberg
Ho-Yeon Han
David Hancock
Gary J. Steck
Frank R. Thompson III
Ian M. White
Roberto A. Zucchi
Allen L. Norrbom
2015
<p><span>The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3, is to conserve current usage of the well-established genus-group name </span><i>Cryptodacus</i><span> </span><a class="internal-link" href="https://bioone.org/journals/the-bulletin-of-zoological-nomenclature/volume-72/issue-3/bzn.v72i3.a12/Case-3693Cryptodacus-Hendel-1914-Insecta--Diptera--tephritidae/10.21805/bzn.v72i3.a12.short#bibr11" data-mce-href="https://bioone.org/journals/the-bulletin-of-zoological-nomenclature/volume-72/issue-3/bzn.v72i3.a12/Case-3693Cryptodacus-Hendel-1914-Insecta--Diptera--tephritidae/10.21805/bzn.v72i3.a12.short#bibr11">Hendel, 1914</a><span> for a genus of Neotropical fruit flies by suppression of the earlier, unused name </span><i>Cryptodacus</i><span> </span><a class="internal-link" href="https://bioone.org/journals/the-bulletin-of-zoological-nomenclature/volume-72/issue-3/bzn.v72i3.a12/Case-3693Cryptodacus-Hendel-1914-Insecta--Diptera--tephritidae/10.21805/bzn.v72i3.a12.short#bibr07" data-mce-href="https://bioone.org/journals/the-bulletin-of-zoological-nomenclature/volume-72/issue-3/bzn.v72i3.a12/Case-3693Cryptodacus-Hendel-1914-Insecta--Diptera--tephritidae/10.21805/bzn.v72i3.a12.short#bibr07">Gundlach, 1862</a><span>, currently a junior synonym of </span><i>Arrhyton</i><span> Günther, 1858, a genus of snakes, under the plenary power of the Commission, in the interest of nomenclatural stability. </span><i>Cryptodacus</i><span> Gundlach has not been used as a valid name since 1883, whereas </span><i>Cryptodacus</i><span> 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.</span></p>
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International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature
Case 3693 Cryptodacus Hendel, 1914 (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae): Proposed suppression of Cryptodacus Gundlach, 1862 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae)
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