Macraspis unicincta Ohaus, 1898

Moore, Matthew Robert, Jameson, Mary Liz & Paucar-Cabrera, Aura, 2014, Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in the anticheirine scarabs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini), Insecta Mundi 2014 (392), pp. 1-20 : 11

Macraspis unicincta Ohaus, 1898

Macraspis unicincta Ohaus, 1898: 52 [original combination, available name].

Macraspis xanthosticta var. unicincta (Ohaus) [new status by Ohaus 1918: 55].

Macraspis xanthosticta forma unicincta (Ohaus) [ Machatschke 1972: 72].

Macraspis xanthosticta var. unicincta (Ohaus) [ Soula 1998: 43].

Macraspis xanthosticta Burmeister, 1844: 359 [new synonym by Krajcik 2007: 81].

Unavailable Infrasubspecific Names. Most of the infrasubspecific names proposed in the anticheirine scarabs are unavailable. Machatschke (1972) listed previous infrasubspecific variety names as “forma”. Soula (1998, 2002a, 2002b, 2003, 2005) maintained these names as varieties. Krajcik (2007) synonymized varieties in the anticheirine scarabs; however, these names are unavailable and should not be considered synonyms.

The following names are unavailable based on the ICZN Articles 1.3.4 and 45.6.4. None of these names were elevated to specific or subspecific rank before 1985, and they remained unavailable (ICZN Article 45.6.4.1). In each case, these infrasubspecific names were proposed by Ohaus in publications that also described or discussed subspecies (thus making these names clearly infrasubspecific). For example, Ohaus (1913) described “ Rutela vetula n. sp. ”, “ Chlorota terminata subsp. nov. jivarana ” and “ Macraspis cincta var. nov. pallida ”. Thus, the name M. cincta var. pallida is infrasubspecific, the name has never been treated as subspecific or specific, and it is unavailable (ICZN Article 45.6.4.1). These catalog entries provide a list of unavailable names.