The Commission has ruled that the specific name Onthophagus sycophanta Fairmaire, 1887 for a dung beetle found throughout Vietnam and China is conserved by suppressing its senior primary homonym Onthophagus sycophanta Mulsant, 1842.
Onthophagus sycophanta Fairmaire, 1887 (Insecta, Coleoptera, scarabaeidae): specific name conserved," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 65(2), 158-159, (1 June 2008). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v65i2.a6