Reinhard Jödicke, Natalia von Ellenrieder, Rosser W. Garrison
Notulae odonatologicae 9 (6), 246-255, (1 January 2022) https://doi.org/10.60024/zenodo.4268589
KEYWORDS: damselfly, Zygoptera, nomenclature, taxonomy, senior objective synonym, Lestes forcipatus, Lestes hamatus, Lestes nympha, Lestes sponsa, Lestes uncatus
The name Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890, is potentially threatened by its senior objective synonym, Agrion forcipula Charpentier, 1825. The purpose of this publication is to reverse their order of precedence preserving the current widespread usage of the junior name in accordance with Article 23.9.1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.