Some questions of the nomenclature of the genus Glaphyrus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Glaphyridae)

Abstract

Some complicated questions of the nomenclature in the genus Glaphyrus Latreille, 1802 are discussed. The genus Glaphyrus was described by Latreille in 1802 (not 1804 or 1807) with the type species Melolontha serratulae Fabricius, 1792 by monotypy. Designation of nominal species Melolontha cardui Fabricius, 1787 (= G. maurus (Linnaeus, 1758) as a type species of the genus Glaphyrus is invalid. Ménétriés described G. globulicollis in 1836 and just redescribed it in 1839. As a result, the name “Glaphyrus globulicollis Ménétriés, 1839” does not have nomenclatural significance, and the synonymy G. globulicollis Ménétriés, 1839 = G. caucasicus Kraatz, 1882 does not meet the requirements of the nomenclature.

Keywords

• coleoptera
• glaphyridae
• glaphyrus
• type species
• glaphyrus globulicollis
• nomenclature