Typification of the genus Dileptus Dujardin, 1841 (Ciliophora, Rhynchostomatia)

In their monograph of the dileptids, Vďačný and Foissner (2012) could not clarify the type species of the genus DileptusDujardin, 1841. Thus, they suggested that the problem be referred to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. However, recently we discovered that Dujardin (1841) h...

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Published in:	European journal of protistology 2014-06, Vol.50 (3), p.314-317
Main Authors:	Berger, Helmut, Foissner, Wilhelm
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Amphileptus anser Amphileptus margaritifer Biological and medical sciences Ciliophora Ciliophora - classification Ciliophora - cytology Classification Dileptus Dileptus anser Dileptus margaritifer Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Nomenclature Pritchard Protozoa Pseudomonilicaryon Species Specificity Systematics. Geographical distribution. Morphology. Cytology
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Summary:	In their monograph of the dileptids, Vďačný and Foissner (2012) could not clarify the type species of the genus DileptusDujardin, 1841. Thus, they suggested that the problem be referred to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. However, recently we discovered that Dujardin (1841) has originally typified Dileptus with Amphileptus anser sensu Ehrenberg (1838) which is in fact a misidentified Amphileptus margaritiferEhrenberg, 1833, a common species also originally classified in Dileptus. Under Article 70.3.2 of the Code, Dileptus margaritifer (Ehrenberg, 1833) Dujardin, 1841, thoroughly redescribed by Foissner et al. (1995), is now the type of Dileptus. This has the great advantages of historical continuity and that new combinations (names) are not required.
ISSN:	0932-4739 1618-0429