Campus Units
Entomology
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
12-2014
Journal or Book Title
Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
Volume
71
Issue
4
First Page
237
Last Page
243
DOI
10.21805/bzn.v71i4.a14
Abstract
The purpose of this application, under Article 75.6 of the Code, is to conserve the universal usage of Tipula contaminata Linnaeus, 1758 by setting aside all previous type fixations and designating a neotype. Tipula contaminata is the type species of the genus Ptychoptera Meigen, 1803, itself the type genus of the family PTYCHOPTERIDAE Osten Sacken, 1862. This species is found over much of Europe, and all authors subsequent to Meigen (1803) have utilized his concept of the species. However, the holotype of Tipula contaminata Linnaeus, 1758 represents a species of TIPULIDAE. It is proposed that a neotype be designated for Tipula contaminata to preserve two hundred years of common usage and ensure nomenclatural stability at the genus and family rank.
Copyright Owner
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
Copyright Date
2014
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Fasbender, Andrew and Courtney, Gregory W., "Case 3664. Tipula contaminata Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Ptychoptera contaminata; Insecta, Diptera): proposed conservation of prevailing usage through designation of a neotype" (2014). Entomology Publications. 569.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ent_pubs/569
Comments
This article is published as Andrew Fasbender and Gregory W. Courtney, "Case 3664
Tipula contaminata Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Ptychoptera contaminata; Insecta, Diptera): proposed conservation of prevailing usage through designation of a neotype," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 71(4), 237-243, (1 December 2014). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v71i4.a14. Posted with permission.