Thorictus cirenaicus John, 1965 and Thorictus cirenaicus A. Fiori, 1914, a peculiar case of concomitant subjective synonymy and primary homonymy (Coleoptera, Dermestidae, Thorictinae)

ROBERTO POGGI — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +1200

The description of Thorictus cirenaicus made by Andrea Fiori in a paper of 1914 escaped all subsequent entomologists who worked on the group, so much so that in 1965 Hans John described Thorictus cirenaicus as a new species from one of the syntypes recorded by Fiori, giving rise to a peculiar case of concomitant synonymy and homonymy.

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Thorictus cirenaicus John, 1965 and Thorictus cirenaicus A. Fiori, 1914, a peculiar case of concomitant subjective synonymy and primary homonymy (Coleoptera, Dermestidae, Thorictinae)