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15 September 2018 Case 3760 – Chrysomela tenebricosa Fabricius, 1775 (currently Timarcha tenebricosa; Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae): proposed precedence of the specific name over Tenebrio laevigatus Linnaeus, 1767
José Miguel Vela, Miguel Ángel Alonso-Zarazaga, Mauro Daccordi
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Abstract

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name Chrysomela tenebricosaFabricius, 1775 for a common and widespread species of European bloody-nosed beetle in the genus Timarcha (Chrysomelidae) by giving it precedence over the misinterpreted and unused senior synonym Tenebrio laevigatusLinnaeus, 1767.

José Miguel Vela, Miguel Ángel Alonso-Zarazaga, and Mauro Daccordi "Case 3760 – Chrysomela tenebricosa Fabricius, 1775 (currently Timarcha tenebricosa; Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae): proposed precedence of the specific name over Tenebrio laevigatus Linnaeus, 1767," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 75(1), 146-151, (15 September 2018). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v75.a031
Published: 15 September 2018
KEYWORDS
Chrysomelidae
Coleoptera
Europe
leaf beetles
nomenclature
taxonomy
Timarcha laevigata
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