The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name Bolitophagus cornutusFabricius, 1801 (currently Bolitotherus cornutus) for a common and well-known North American darkling beetle by giving it precedence over its senior synonym Opatrum bifurcumFabricius, 1798.
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1 May 2017
Case 3723 — Bolitophagus cornutus Fabricius, 1801 (currently Bolitotherus cornutus) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): proposed conservation of the specific name
Yves Bousquet,
Patrice Bouchard
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Bolitophagus cornutus
Bolitotherus
Coleoptera
nomenclature
North America
Opatrum bifurcum
taxonomy