Protochauliodes van der Weele, 1909

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Genus Protochauliodes van der Weele, 1909

Protochauliodes van der Weele, 1909: 257 . Type species. Chauliodes cinerascens Blanchard in Gay, 1851: 134 (by original designation).

Austrochauliodes Riek, 1954: 137 . Type species. Protochauliodes biconicus Kimmins, 1954: 443 (by present designation; see Nomenclatural botes below). syn. nov.

Taxonomic notes

Austrochauliodes , whose type species is fixed below, is formally established here as a new junior subjective synonym of Protochauliodes .

Nomenclatural notes

Oswald & Penny (1991) identified Austrochauliodes as a genus name based on a misidentified type species and a name whose type species had yet to be validly fixed. They noted that the case (at that time) required referral to the Commission for type species fixation under Art. 70b of the Code (3 rd edition, ICZN 1985). We are not aware of any nomenclatural acts published since 1991 that have validly fixed the type species of Austrochauliodes under either the 3 rd or 4 th editions of the Code. To resolve this long-standing issue, we act here to formally fix the type species of Austrochauliodes under Art. 70.3 (4 th edition, ICZN 1999) in a manner that is in accordance with currently-accepted usage. Riek (1954) originally included a single valid nominal species in Austrochauliodes – Hermes dubitatus Walker, 1853 – which he explicitly designated as its type species. Theischinger (1983) provided evidence that the Austrochauliodes dubitatus of Riek (1954) was not conspecific with Hermes dubitatus Walker , but was, rather, conspecific with the taxonomic species Protochauliodes biconicus Kimmins, 1954 , a new species that was established by Kimmins independent of Riek’s work. Based on this situation Theischinger treated Protochauliodes biconicus Kimmins (a nominal species not originally included in Austrochauliodes ) as the de facto type species of Austrochauliodes . Theischinger’s treatment has been accepted and adopted by all subsequent workers on the Corydalidae . Accordingly, we here fix (under Art. 70.3.2 of the Code) as the type species of Austrochauliodes the nomial (and also currently valid taxonomic) species Protochauliodes biconicus Kimmins, 1954 , which was misidentified as Hermes dubitatus Walker, 1853 in the original designation of Riek (1954).

Included species

Protochauliodes aridus Maddux, 1954

Nearctic ( USA).

Protochauliodes biconicus biconicus Kimmins, 1954

Protochauliodes biconicus Kimmins, 1954

Austrochauliodes dubitatus ( Walker, 1853)

Australian ( Australia).

Protochauliodes biconicus incertus Theischinger, 1983

Australian ( Australia).

Protochauliodes biconicus tooloomensis Theischinger, 1983

Australian ( Australia).

Protochauliodes bullocki Flint, 1973

Neotropical ( Chile).

Protochauliodes cascadius Evans, 1984 Protochauliodes cascadius Evans, 1972 (unavailable)

Nearctic ( USA).

Protochauliodes cinerascens cinerascens (Blanchard in Gay, 1851)

Chauliodes cinerascens Blanchard in Gay, 1851

Chauliodes chilensis Hagen, 1861 (unavailable)

Neotropical ( Chile).

Protochauliodes cinerascens fumipennis Flint, 1973

Neotropical ( Chile).

Protochauliodes cinerascens reedi Kimmins, 1954

Neotropical ( Chile).

Protochauliodes dubitatus ( Walker, 1853)

Hermes dubitatus Walker, 1853

Chauliodes dubitatus ( Walker, 1853)

Archichauliodes dubitatus ( Walker, 1853)

Austrochauliodes dubitatus ( Walker, 1853)

Neotropical (?) (South America (?)).

Protochauliodes eungella Theischinger, 1988

Australian ( Australia).

Protochauliodes humeralis ( Banks, 1908) Neohermes humeralis Banks, 1908

Neotropical ( Chile).

Protochauliodes kirramae Theischinger, 1983

Australian ( Australia).

Protochauliodes minimus ( Davis, 1903)

Chauliodes minimus Davis, 1903

Neohermes infuscatus Caudell, 1933

Neohermes nigrinus Van Dyke, 1944

Protochauliodes infuscatus ( Caudell, 1933)

Nearctic ( USA).

Protochauliodes montivagus Chandler, 1954

Nearctic ( USA).

Protochauliodes simplus Chandler, 1954

Nearctic ( USA).

Protochauliodes spenceri Munroe, 1953

Nearctic ( Canada, USA).