Abstract
A junior homonym was detected in a talpid (desmanine) mammalian genus name, and the following replacement name is proposed: Gerhardstorchia nom. nov. for Storchia Dahlmann 2001.
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Aufgrund der Homonymie zwischen Storchia Oudemans 1923—vergeben für eine Milben-Gattung, und Storchia Dahlmann 2001—vergeben für eine Gattung der Desmaninae, ist der letztere Name ungültig, so dass vorgeschlagen wird, ihn durch Gerhardstorchia nom. nov. zu ersetzen.
For a new desmanine genus from the Pliocene of Wölfersheim, Dahlmann (2001) proposed the name Storchia, unaware of the fact that this name had been given to Storchia Oudemans 1923, a mite genus (Acari: Raphignathoidea: Stigmaeidae) and is still in use as a valid name. Consequently, Storchia Dahlmann 2001 is a junior homonym of the generic name Storchia Oudemans 1923, and a new name is required for the former according to articles 53 and 60 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1999).
Again in honour of Dr. Gerhard Storch—Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main—we propose as a replacement name Gerhardstorchia nom. nov. for the type species from Wölfersheim, Gerhardstorchia wedrevis comb. nov. (Dahlmann 2001) and other species attributed to this genus of fossil desmans thus far: Gerhardstorchia quinquecuspidata comb. nov. (Mayr and Fahlbusch 1975) from Hammerschmiede, Gerhardstorchia sp. from Dorn-Dürkheim, Gerhardstorchia meszaroshi comb. nov. (Sabol 2004) from Devínska Nová Ves (Neudorf), and Gerhardstorchia biradicata comb. nov. (Ziegler 2006) and cf. biradicata from several localities in Austria (Mayr and Fahlbusch 1975; Dahlmann 2001; Sabol 2004; Ziegler 2006).
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Dahlmann, T., Doğan, S. Gerhardstorchia nomen novum: a new name for Storchia Dahlmann 2001 (Mammalia: Lipotyphla: Talpidae: Desmaninae). Paläontol Z 85, 91 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-010-0079-4
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