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.
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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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Chrysomelidae
Coleoptera
Europe
leaf beetles
nomenclature
taxonomy
Timarcha laevigata