The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to conserve the generic name NesocyrtosomaMarcuzzi, 1976 by ruling that it is available from its original proposal despite its not having been accompanied by a type species fixation. The Commission has also designated Cyrtosoma inflatumMarcuzzi, 1976 as the type species of NesocyrtosomaMarcuzzi, 1976.
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1 August 2017
Opinion 2398 (Case 3477) — Nesocyrtosoma Marcuzzi, 1976 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae): establishment of availability and designation of Cyrtosoma inflatum Marcuzzi, 1976 as the type species
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Coleoptera
Cyrtosoma
darkling beetles
Hesiodobates
inflatum
Nesocyrtosoma
nomenclature