Resolution of Nomenclatural Issues Stemming from the Homonymy of the Genera KirgisellaMartynov, 1925 (Arthropoda: Insecta: Neuroptera) and Kirgisella Beklemishev, 1927 (Platyhelminthes: Rhabditophora: Rhabdocoela)

摘要

In a paper summarizing new data on the aquatic fauna of the Aral Sea, Beklemishev (1922) published the scientific name Kirgisella forcipata for a platyhelminth flatworm, which he placed in the family Dalyelliidae. Although Beklemishev (1922) indicated that the flatworm represented both a new genus and a new species ("n. gen., n. sp."), he did not provide a definition, description, or indication for either the genus-group name 'Kirgisella' or the species-group name 'forcipata.' Both names, then, were unavailable from this publication. In a subsequent work, Beklemishev (1927) made both names available by providing a combined description for both taxa. Luther (1962) based the subfamily name Kirgisellinae on the type genus Kirgisella Beklemishev, 1927. All three of these taxon names-subfamily Kirgisellinae, genus Kirgisella and species Kirgisella forcipata-are currently in use as valid names in the flatworm family Provorticidae (Platyhelminthes: Rhabditophora: Rhabdocoela) (Tyler et al. 2006-2009).