Replacement Names for <i>Elwoodius</i> Clarke &amp; Oberprieler and <i>Platychirus</i> Clarke &amp; Oberprieler (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Mesophyletidae)

Abstract

In a recent paper we published on the weevil fauna preserved in Burmese amber, two newly proposed generic names were subsequently identified as preoccupied names (Elwoodius Clarke & Oberprieler and Platychirus Clarke & Oberprieler). We propose the name Zimmiorhinus as a replacement name for Elwoodius Clarke & Oberprieler and Burmophyletis as a replacement name for Platychirus Clarke & Oberprieler.

Keywords

• homonym
• taxonomy
• Curculionoidea
• Mesophyletidae
• Cretaceous