The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the widely used name Gymnetis marmorea (Olivier, 1789), a flower chafer (Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) from Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies, which is threatened by the unused senior subjective synonym Scarabaeus pulcherSwederus, 1787. The head of the holotype of Scarabaeus pulcherSwederus, 1787 is excluded from the holotype under Article 73.1.5 of the Code since it is a piece belonging to a Cotinis Burmeister glued to the body of a Gymnetis MacLeay.
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1 May 2017
Case 3733 — Cetonia marmorea Olivier, 1789 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini): proposed conservation by reversal of precedence with Scarabaeus pulcher Swederus, 1787
Brett C. Ratcliffe
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Cetonia marmorea
Cetoniinae
Coleoptera
flower chafer
Gymnetis marmorea
Gymnetis pulchra
Gymnetosoma marmorea