On the validity of Vander Linden's name Agrion viridis (Odonata: Lestidae)

Reinhard Jödicke

doi:10.5281/nodo.v9i9.a2

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Reinhard Jödicke¹

¹Am Liebfrauenbusch 3, 26655 Westerstede, Germany;

Abstract

A few papers have questioned the validity of the name Agrion viridis Vander Linden, 1825 [= Chalcolestes viridis], arguing that it is preoccupied by a senior homonym A. viridis Vander Linden, 1820, itself a junior synonym of A. barbara Fabricius, 1798 [= Lestes barbarus]. I have designated a neotype of A. viridis Vander Linden, 1820, in line with L. barbarus. The prevailing usage of the specific name viridis Vander Linden, 1825, can be maintained by a reversal of precedence: The junior homonym should be considered a nomen protectum over its senior homonym A. viridis Vander Linden, 1820, now a nomen oblitum.

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Reinhard Jödicke "On the validity of Vander Linden's name Agrion viridis (Odonata: Lestidae)," Notulae odonatologicae 9(9), 398-403, (3 June 2022). https://doi.org/10.5281/nodo.v9i9.a2

Received: 12 October 2021; Published: 3 June 2022

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