Hathoronthophagus, new replacement name for Hathor Deschodt, 2023, preoccupied genus-group name of a putatively myrmecophilic dung beetle (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini)

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dc.contributor.author Stals, Riaan
dc.contributor.author Daniel, Gimo M.
dc.contributor.author Deschodt, Christian M.
dc.date.accessioned 2024-01-29T05:24:12Z
dc.date.available 2024-01-29T05:24:12Z
dc.date.issued 2024-01
dc.description.abstract In November 2023, Deschodt & Sole (2023) proposed the new genus-group name Hathor Deschodt for a peculiar, putatively ant-associated onthophagine dung beetle from Gauteng province, South Africa. The genus is as yet known only from the female holotype of the species Hathor spinosa Deschodt, 2023. It was overlooked that the new generic name is preoccupied by Hathor Kirkaldy & Edwards, 1902, as regulated by the Principle of Homonymy (Articles 52–60 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature [henceforth the Code, Anonymous 1999]). Hathor Kirkaldy & Edwards is a monotypic genus of red bug or cotton stainer (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoroidea: Pyrrhocoridae) from tropical Africa, itself a junior subjective synonym of Sericocoris Karsch, 1892. Sericocoris is currently a valid genus (Robertson 2004; Stehlík & Jindra 2011). en_US
dc.description.department Zoology and Entomology en_US
dc.description.librarian hj2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg None en_US
dc.description.uri http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa en_US
dc.identifier.citation Stals, R., Daniel, G.M. & Deschodt, C.M. 2024, 'Hathoronthophagus, new replacement name for Hathor Deschodt, 2023, preoccupied genus-group name of a putatively myrmecophilic dung beetle (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini)', Zootaxa, vol. 5397, no. 3, pp. 449-450, doi : 10.11646/zootaxa.5397.3.10. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1175-5326 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1175-5334 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.11646/zootaxa.5397.3.10
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94125
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Magnolia Press en_US
dc.rights © 2023 Magnolia Press. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-N.C. 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. en_US
dc.subject Correspondence en_US
dc.subject Hathoronthophagus en_US
dc.subject Taxonomy en_US
dc.subject Dung beetle en_US
dc.subject Hathor spinosa Deschodt, 2023 en_US
dc.title Hathoronthophagus, new replacement name for Hathor Deschodt, 2023, preoccupied genus-group name of a putatively myrmecophilic dung beetle (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini) en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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