The Commission has ruled that priority is maintained for the species name Hybosorus roei Westwood, 1845. A proposal to conserve the junior synonym Hybosorus illigeri Reiche, 1853 by giving it precedence over Hybosorus roei Westwood was not approved.
Hybosorus illigeri Reiche, 1853 (Insecta, Coleoptera): precedence not given over Hybosorus roei Westwood, 1845," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 66(3), 291-292, (1 September 2009). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v66i3.a9