Flag for Taxon: Genus Conoderus
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| beetledude | Genus Conoderus |
Conoderus is junior synonym of Monocrepidius |
May. 14, 2022 21:51:57 +0000 | borisb |
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Are you up to fixing this? I don't want to, since (a) I know nothing of Elateridae; (b) this genus doesn't occur in the Afrotropics.
Riaan
Uhhh . . .
the genus Conoderus is a mess now and most of (at least North American) genera will go to other/new genera. In North America, only C. falli (if I remember correctly) will stay in Monocrepidius. I say leave it alone for now until a formal revision is ever done
This should be fixed. Ignoring the problem jut causes more chaos and confusion. Wikipedia and GBIF have already switched over. iNaturalist and BugGuide have not, leaving usage split. Waiting for a revision could mean waiting 100 years.
Type species of Monocrepidius is pallipes Eschscholtz, 1829 [Japan: Ivo Jima; Ozeania];
that of Conoderus the well characterized fuscofasciatus Eschscholtz, 1829 [Brazil]
The reversal of synonymy by Kundrata et al. is surprising; page priority on same page?
The Eschscholtz source not available online, apparently a rara issue:
https://www.worldcat.org/title/entomologisches-archiv/oclc/1568042
I see this is a pain! The Australian Faunal Directory has now changed Conoderus to Monocrepidius (though misspelt at Monocrepidus). Can the Australian Conoderus be transferred to Monocrepidius?
"Wikipedia and GBIF have already switched over."
Partly. GBIF still has Conoderus, too: https://www.gbif.org/species/1162038 though there is no system behind it / reference for that.
To my knowledge, there has never been a time past 1829, when the names were not understood as meaning the same division.
Catalogus coleopterorum (1869) used Monocrepidius, and with this, at least the largest part of Australian taxa were combined originally
[I found one orig. Conoderus of Elston, 1930].
swap-ready now. Have checked any whether is/was combined with Conoderus/Monocrepidius, and already fixed those from Australia, or going to other genera.
Name templates under output taxon prepared, except for three formal taxa from North America
[will stay combined with Conoderus, extra problems]
Now executed, after check-up of observations
(under both names, swap = improvement):
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_changes/135786
Conoderus Eschscholtz, 1829: 31 JUNIOR
= Monocrepidius Eschscholtz, 1829: 31 VALID
Kundrata R, Kubaczkova M, Prosvirov AS, Douglas HB, Fojtikova A, Costa C, Bousquet Y, Alonso-Zarazaga MA, Bouchard P (2019) World catalogue of the genus-group names in Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera). Part I: Agrypninae, Campyloxeninae, Hemiopinae, Lissominae, Oestodinae, Parablacinae, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae. ZooKeys 839: 83–154. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.839.33279.
Sánchez-Ruiz A (1996) Catálogo bibliográfico de las especies de la familia Elateridae (Coleoptera) de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. In: Ramos MA (Ed.) Documentos Fauna Ibérica, 2. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Spain, 265 pp.