The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved current usage of the specific name of Chrysomela tenebricosa Fabricius, 1775 for a common and widespread species of European bloody-nosed beetle in the genus Timarcha (Chrysomelidae) by giving it precedence over the misinterpreted and unused senior synonym Tenebrio laevigatus Linnaeus, 1767.
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30 April 2021
Opinion 2474 (Case 3760) – Chrysomela tenebricosa Fabricius, 1775 (currently Timarcha tenebricosa; Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae): specific name conserved
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Chrysomelidae
Coleoptera
Europe
leaf beetles
nomenclature
taxonomy
Timarcha laevigata