The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the specific name of Bolitophagus cornutusFabricius, 1801 (currently Bolitotherus cornutus) by giving it precedence over its senior subjective synonym Opatrum bifurcumFabricius, 1798.
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30 August 2019
Opinion 2438 (Case 3723) – Bolitophagus cornutus Fabricius, 1801 (currently Bolitotherus cornutus; Insecta, Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae): precedence granted over Opatrum bifurcum Fabricius, 1798
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Bolitophagus cornutus
Bolitotherus
Coleoptera
nomenclature
North America
Opatrum bifurcum
taxonomy