Strongylogaster Dahlbom, 1835 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): proposed conservation by the designation of Tenthredo multifasciata Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785 as the type species

S M Blank, A Taeger, T Naito
1999 Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature  
The purpose of this application is to conserve the name Strongylogaster Dahlbom. 1835 for a Holarctic genus of sawflies (family tenthredinidae, subfamily selandriinae), the use of which has been stable and unambiguous for 140 years, by the designation of Tenthredo multifasciata Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785 as the type species. At present T. cingulala Fabricius. 1793 (a junior primary homonym of T. cingulata Scopoli, 1763) is the type species but recognition of the synonymy of this with T.
more » ... nis Konow. 1 886 renders Strongylogaster a. ']\imoT: subjective synonym of Tenthredo Linnaeus. 1758 (subfamily tenthredininae). A lectotype is designated for T. cingulata Fabricius, which had previously been considered a junior synonym of T. lineata Christ, 1791, itself a junior synonym of T. multifasciata.
doi:10.5962/bhl.part.23021 fatcat:4qa4cunlzbcutkk4ajmdz3c5iy