The Apoidea described by Johannes Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel (Insecta: Hymenoptera).

Abstract

A case is put forward for the suppression by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature of names for sixteen species-group taxa in the Apoidea (Insecta, Hymenoptera) published by J.N.F.X. Gistel in 1848/1850 and 1857. It is expected that this may establish a precedent for similar treatment of the much more numerous species-group and genus-group names in other orders, especially the Coleoptera, published by Gistel and subsequently generally ignored.

Keywords

Insecta, Coleoptera, suppression of species-group, genus-group names, Vacuna, ICZN.

Nomenclatural Acts

occipitalis Gistel, 1857 (Andrena), nom. dubium senior homonym of Andrena occipitalis Pérez, 1895
phaeoptera Gistel, 1857 (Andrena), nom. dubium possibly a synonym of Andrena morio Brullé, 1832
ornata Gistel, 1857 (Anthophora), nom. dubium probably a species of the genus Amegilla
subterraneus Gistel, 1848 (Anthophora), nom. dubium Junior primary homonym of Anthophora subterranea Germar, 1826
tunicata Gistel, 1857 (Anthophora), nom. dubium possibly a junior synonym of Habropoda tarsata (Spinola, 1839)
lucullus Gistel, 1857 (Bombus), nom. dubium
sericeus Gistel, 1848 (Bombus), syn. n. of Bombus fragans (Pallas, 1771)
thoracicus Gistel, 1857 (Bombus), nom. dubium in Bombus; junior primary homonym of bombus thoracicus Spinola, 1806
heliocharis Gistel, 1857 (Dasypoda), nom. dubium in Dasypoda
rudis Gistel, 1857 (Dasypoda), nom. dubium in Dasypoda
bicolor Gistel, 1857 (Eucera), nom. dubium junior primary synonym of Eucera bicolor Lepeletier, 1841 (= bichroma Strand, 1917, replacm. name)
cincta Gistel, 1857 (Eucera), nom. dubium in Eucera
scapularis Gistel, 1857 (Eucera), nom. dubium in ? Eucera
excelsa Gistel, 1857 (Megachile), nom. dubium possible a junior synonym of Anthophora fulvitarsis Brullé, 1832
quinqueannulata Gistel, 1857 (Megachile), nom. dubium
vernalis Gistel, 1857 (Meliturga [sic]), nom. dubium
fusca Gistel, 1857 (Osmia), nom. dubium a synonym of Osmia (Neosmia) bicolor (Schrank, 1781)
virescens Gistel, 1857 (Xylocopa), syn. n. junior primary homonym of Xylocopa virescens Lepeletier, 1841