A review of the family-group names for - BioOne

168 COLEOPTERISTS SOCIETY MONOGRAPH NUMBER 5, 2006
Remark: The original spelling of the type genus is Rhizotrogue but Berthold
(1827) made the unjustified emendation to Rhizotrogus. Since this unjustified
emendation is in prevailing usage, it should be considered a justified emendation
(Article 33.2.3.1) (see Branco 2006 for more details).
Subtribe LEUCOPHOLINA Burmeister, 1855
Original spelling and citation: Leucopholidae Burmeister 1855: 285
Type genus: Leucopholis Dejean, 1833: 160
Subtribe MELOLONTHINA Leach, 1819
Original spelling and citation: Melolonthidæ Leach in Samouelle 1819: 189
Type genus: Melolontha Fabricius, 1775: 31
Synonym: Polyphyllina Burmeister, 1855
Original spelling and citation: Polyphyllidae Burmeister 1855: 397
Type genus: Polyphylla Harris, 1841: 30
Synonym: Tostegopterina LeConte, 1861
Original spelling and citation: Tostegopterae LeConte 1861: 139
Type genus: Tostegoptera Blanchard, 1851: 149
Synonym: Psilonychini Péringuey, 1904
Original spelling and citation: Psilonychides Péringuey, 1904: 184
Type genus: Psilonychus Burmeister, 1855: 288
Tribe PACHYDEMINI Burmeister, 1855
Original spelling and citation: Pachydemidae Burmeister 1855: 437
Type genus: Pachydema Laporte, 1832: [1] (Laporte 1832b)
Remark: Calicnémites (Blanchard 1845: 219) was used for taxa within this tribe
but this family-group name was not originally Latinized and has not been
subsequently Latinized and accepted as valid, therefore it is unavailable. From the
context of Blanchard (1845), all his ‘‘Famille’’ and ‘‘Groupe’’ names with the ‘‘–
ides’’ and ‘‘–ites’’ suffixes respectively are French vernacular names (some have
accents).
Synonym: Elaphocerini Blanchard, 1851
Original spelling and citation: Elaphoceritae Blanchard 1851: 164
Type genus: Elaphocera Gené, 1836: 188
Remark: Although Elaphocerini has priority over Pachydemini, the later is in
prevailing usage and must be considered the valid using a reversal of precedence
(Article 23.9). Elaphocerini has not been used as a valid name after 1899.
Therefore, I invoke Article 23.9.2 and provide evidence that Pachydemini has be
used as a valid name in at least 25 works, published by at least 10 authors in the
immediately preceding 50 years and encompassing a span of not less than 10 years.
In compliance with the requirements of the Code, the following list of qualified
publications, in chronological order, used Pachydemini as a valid family-group
name, which is sufficient evidence that it is in prevailing usage: Petrovitz 1968;
Martínez 1972; Martínez 1973; Frey 1974a; Frey 1974b; Martínez 1975; Hardy
1978; Baraud 1979; Baraud 1982; Martínez 1982; Baraud 1985; López Colón 1986;
López Colón 1989; Baraud 1991; Baraud and Branco 1991; Chavanon and Zirari
1998; Sabatinelli and Pontuale 1998; Nikolajev 2000c; Lacroix 2001; Vincini,
López, Alvarez-Castillo, Carmona, Manetti, and Morón 2001; Keith 2002; Miessen
and Cludts 2002; Lacroix 2003; Montreuil 2003; Sanmartín 2003; Sanmartín and
Martin-Piera 2003; Keith and Montreuil 2004; Lacroix 2004; Keith 2005; Lacroix
2005; Smith and Evans 2005.
Synonym: Achloini Burmeister, 1855
Original spelling and citation: Achloidae Burmeister 1855: 465
Type genus: Achloa Erichson, 1840: 41