Type species designation for the genus Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 1830 (Coleoptera, Cantharidae)

摘要

The Principle of Typification, defined by Chapter 13 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (I.C.Z.N., 1999), from here on referred as “Code”, determines in Article 61.1. that each nominal taxon in the family, genus or species groups has actually or potentially a name-bearing type whose fixation provides the objective standard of reference for the application of the name it bears. The Chapter 15 of the Code provides the framework concerning types in the genus group, its Article 67.2.specifying that a nominal species is only eligible to be fixed as the type species of a nominal genus or subgenus if it is an originally included nominal species, i.e., if it was included in the newly established nominal genus or subgenus, having been cited in the original publication by an available name (including citation by an incorrect spelling) of a species or subspecies, or having been cited there as the deliberate application of a previous misidentification (Article 67.2.1.).