26 Ara 2024 Perşembe
New family and genus names, Briggsidae nom. nov. and Briggsus nom. nov., for the harvestmen (Opiliones: Laniatores)
Abstract :A junior homonym was detected amongst the harvestmen genus group names and the following replacement name is proposed: Briggsus nom. nov. for Pentanychus Briggs, 1971. Accordingly, new combinations are herein proposed for the species currently included in this genus. Briggsus bilobatus (Briggs, 1971) comb. nov.; Briggsus clavatus (Briggs, 1971) comb. nov.; Briggsus flavescens (Briggs, 1971) comb. nov.; Briggsus hamatus (Briggs, 1971) comb. nov. and Briggsus pacificus (Briggs, 1971) comb. nov. In addition, we propose the replacement name Briggsidae new name for the family name Pentanychidae.
nomenclatural change, homonymy, replacement name, Pentanychidae, Pentanychus