Arhopalus ferus

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Cladus: Phytophaga
Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Cerambycidae
Subfamilia: Spondylidinae
Tribus: Anisarthronini – Asemini – Atimiini – Saphanini – Spondylidini

[list of tribus after Bousquet, Heffern, Bouchard & Nearns (2009)]

Name edit

Spondylidinae Audinet-Serville, 1832

NOTE: The ICZN-compliant spelling is "Spondylinae". ICZN Article 29.3.1.1 applies very explicitly: "If the stem so formed ends in -id, those letters may be elided before adding the family-group suffixes. If, however, the unelided form is in prevailing usage, that spelling is to be maintained, whether or not it is the original spelling. Example. The family-group names HALIOTIDAE and HALIOTOIDEA are not changed to HALIOTIDIDAE and HALIOTIDOIDEA, even though the stem of Haliotis is Haliotid-, as the latter spellings are not in prevailing usage." The stem formed from Spondylis is indeed "Spondylid-", but the unelided form was demonstrably not in prevailing usage when Art. 23.9.1.1 came into effect (it was first used, as "Spondylidini", in 2011[1]), and therefore Spondylinae is to be maintained.

Synonymy edit

References edit

  1. Spondylidini at TITAN