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

Helmut Berger; Wilhelm Foissner

doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2013.12.006

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

Eur J Protistol. 2014 Jun;50(3):314-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ejop.2013.12.006. Epub 2013 Dec 30.

Authors

Helmut Berger¹, Wilhelm Foissner²

Affiliations

¹ Consulting Engineering Office for Ecology, Radetzkystrasse 10, 5020 Salzburg, Austria; University of Salzburg, FB Organismische Biologie, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria. Electronic address: berger.helmut@protozoology.com.
² University of Salzburg, FB Organismische Biologie, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Dileptus anser; Dileptus margaritifer; Nomenclature; Pritchard (1852); Pseudomonilicaryon.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Ciliophora / classification*
Ciliophora / cytology
Classification
Species Specificity