The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has declined to use its plenary power to remove the homonymy between the earwig family-group name Palicinae Burr, 1910 (Dermaptera, Spongiphoridae) and the crustacean family-group name Palicidae Bouvier, 1898 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) by changing the stem of the former name's type genus. Under Articles 40.2 and 60.2 of the Code, Platylabiinae Burr, 1911 is recognized as the currently valid name of this dermapteran subfamily.
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1 August 2017
Opinion 2400 (Case 3522) — Palicinae (Dermaptera, Spongiphoridae): proposed emendation of spelling to Palexinae to remove homonymy with Palicidae (Crustacea, Decapoda) not granted
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Australasia
Brachyura
Decapoda
Dermaptera
nomenclature
palicidae
palicinae