The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to designate Cnodalon viride Latreille, 1804 as the type species of Cnodalon Latreille, 1797, and rule that Cnodulon, as used by Fabricius (1801a, 1801b), is an incorrect subsequent spelling of Cnodalon Latreille, 1797.
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29 December 2023
Opinion 2494 (Case 3784) – Cnodalon Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Stenochiinae, Cnodalonini): usage conserved by designation of Cnodalon viride Latreille, 1804 as the type species
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Cnodalonini
Coleoptera
nomenclature
Stenochiinae
taxonomy
Tenebrionidae
type species