Bouchard P., Bousquet Y., Davies A.E., Cai C. (2024). On the nomenclatural status of type genera in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 1194: 1-981.

Author(s)	Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Cai, Chenyang
Title	On the nomenclatural status of type genera in Coleoptera (Insecta)
Journal Title	ZooKeys
DOI	10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440
URL	https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/106440/
Volume	1194
Page(s)	1-981
Date	March 13, 2024
Abstract	More than 4700 nominal family-group names (including names for fossils and ichnotaxa) are nomenclaturally available in the order Coleoptera. Since each family-group name is based on the concept of its type genus, we argue that the stability of names used for the classification of beetles depends on accurate nomenclatural data for each type genus. Following a review of taxonomic literature, with a focus on works that potentially contain type species designations, we provide a synthesis of nomenclatural data associated with the type genus of each nomenclaturally available family-group name in Coleoptera. For each type genus the author(s), year of publication, and page number are given as well as its current status (i.e., whether treated as valid or not) and current classification.
ISSN	1313-2970, 1313-2989
Document Type	Journal Article
Language	english
Citation Key	bouchard_nomenclatural_2024

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Taxon Name	Cited As (Verbatim)	Relationship	Status	Page / Notes
Attagenus (genus)	—	Type Designation	accepted	p. 71
Attagenus pellio	—	Type Designation	accepted	p. 71
Attagenus trifasciatus	—	Type Designation	accepted	p. 71
Dermestidae (family)	—	Classification	accepted	—
Thorictini (tribe)	—	Type Designation	accepted	—
Cryptorhopalina (subtribe)	—	Nomenclatural Act	nomen nudum	p. 849 Cryptorhopalina is nomen nudum, unavailable under ICZN Art. 13.1; child genera should belong to Trogodermina as the only available closest taxon and since Cryptorhopalina was considered synonymous in Zhou et al. (2022)