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Zaraxolia Strand, 1942 is a monotypic genus of the Neotropical family Cosmetidae, subfamily Cosmetinae with one species from Colombia.
Synonymy[]
Zaraxolia Strand, 1942: 400. Replacement name for Zarax. Isotypic. = Zarax Sørensen, 1932 [part: Zarax devians]. Unavailable. = Zarax Mello-Leitão, 1933c: 114 (non Pascoe, 1867, Coleoptera, nec Fruhstorfer, 1914, Lepidoptera). Type species by monotypy: Zarax devians Sørensen, 1932. Invalid, homonym. = Zaraxes Roewer, 1947: 32. Type species by original designation: Zarax devians Sørensen, 1932. Invalid, objective synonym.
Etymology[]
Placement[]
Originally placed in Cosmetidae, Cosmetinae.
Type species[]
Zarax devians Sørensen, 1932, was described without a type species. Thence, it is unavailable (Art. 13.3). Moreover it is a homonym (non Pascoe, 1867, Coleoptera). Type species by monotypy by subsequent designation of Strand 1942. Kury 2011 notes that (p50) "In 1947, Roewer (p. 27) designated Z. aenescens Sørensen, 1932 as type species of Zaraxolia Strand, missing the fact that this genus already had another type species, so this designation is invalid, this not being the creation of a new genus. On p. 32, he proposed the new genus Zaraxes with type species Zarax devians Sørensen, 1932, already the type species of Zarax Mello-Leitão, 1933 and its replacement name Zaraxolia Strand, 1942." Previously, "Mello-Leitão (1933) separated one of the original species in Zarax to be probably a Neocynorta, and described an available genus Zarax with type species by monotypy Zarax devians Sørensen, 1932 by monotypy. This genus is invalid because of homonymy as well.
Diagnosis[]
Included species[]
- Zaraxolia devians (Sørensen, 1932): 322 - Colombia (?).
Notes[]
See Kury & Alonso-Zarazaga 2011 for discussion of nomenclatural issues and synonyms, who say "Zaraxes Roewer, 1947 is not the valid name for this genus, see discussion above under Neocynorta. The valid name is Zaraxolia Strand, 1942. Consequently, the valid combination for the species is Zaraxolia devians (Sørens- en, 1932) comb. nov."