Scleronimon, 1904

Löbl, I. & Merkl, O., 2003, On The Type Species Of Several Tenebrionid Genera And Subgenera (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 49 (3), pp. 243-253 : 249

Scleronimon

REITTER (1904: 127) described Scleronimon as a taxon of subgeneric rank. He included in this subgenus two species, S. peyerimhoffi REITTER, 1904 and S. granulatus REITTER, 1904 , but did not designate a type species. Scleronimon is currently placed as a subgenus in Eurycaulus FAIRMAIRE, 1868 . ESPAÑOL and VIÑOLAS (1981) designated as type species of Scleronimon REITTER Eurycaulus marmottani FAIRMAIRE, 1868 . This is an unvalid designation because E. marmottani FAIRMAIRE, 1868 was not originally included in Scleronimon (cf. ICZN Art. 67.2.1). Besides, E. marmottani FAIRMAIRE, 1868 is the type species of Eurycaulus . We designate hereby Eurycaulus granulatus REITTER, 1904 as the type species of the subgenus Scleronimon .