The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3, is to conserve current usage of the well-established genus-group name Cryptodacus Hendel, 1914 for a genus of Neotropical fruit flies by suppression of the earlier, unused name Cryptodacus Gundlach, 1862, currently a junior synonym of Arrhyton Günther, 1858, a genus of snakes, under the plenary power of the Commission, in the interest of nomenclatural stability. Cryptodacus Gundlach has not been used as a valid name since 1883, whereas Cryptodacus Hendel has been used in a significant body of literature relating to fruit fly systematics, morphology and phylogeny and is the currently used name in various name and molecular databases.
Cryptodacus Hendel, 1914 (Insecta: Diptera: tephritidae): proposed suppression of Cryptodacus Gundlach, 1862 (Reptilia, Serpentes, colubridae)," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 72(3), 204-208, (1 September 2015). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v72i3.a12
