Ancistrosoma Curtis, 1835, nomen protectum

Sciuropus Dejean, 1833: 162, nomen oblitum. Type species: Melolontha rufipes Latreille, 1813 (designation: monotypy).

Type species

Ancistrosoma klugii Curtis, 1835 (designation: monotypy).

Remark

As stated by Bousquet & Bouchard (2013) Sciuropus is a senior synonym of Ancistrosoma; the latter name, however, was used as valid for a long time (Guimarães 1977; Ayquipa & Cueva 1979; Aguilar-Fernández 1980; Valdivieso-Jara & Núñez-Sacarías 1984; Cisneros 1995; Peña & Bennet 1995; Restrepo-Giraldo & López-Ávila 2000; Rogg 2000; Bentley & Vilca 2001; Peck et al. 2002; Morales-Valles et al. 2003; Evans 2003; Evans & Smith 2005, 2007, 2009; Egúsquiza-Bayona et al. 2006; Katovich 2008, 2011; Mera-Velasco et al. 2010; Santandeu 2010; Valoy et al. 2011, 2015; Neita-Moreno et al. 2012; Rojo-Jiménez 2014; López-García et al. 2015; Ratcliffe et al. 2015) ( Ancistrosoma – Gess & Gess 2014 lapsus calami of Ancistromma Fox, 1894, Hymenoptera), and Sciuropus was used only once since its publication (Rühl 1888). The present study proposes the reversal of precedence of Ancistrosoma, nomen protectum over Sciuropus, nomen oblitum in accordance with ICZN (1999) Article 23.9.