A proposal to conserve the generic name Germarostes Paulian, 1982 and the subgeneric name Haroldostes Paulian, 1982 for a group of New World scarab beetles by suppression of the senior subjective synonym Sphaerelytrus Blanchard, 1841 was not supported by the Commission.
Germarostes Paulian, 1982 and Haroldostes Paulian, 1982 (Insecta, Coleoptera, scarabaeidae): generic names not conserved by suppression of a senior synonym," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 66(2), 196-197, (1 June 2009). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v66i2.a11