NOMINA CIRCUMSCRIBENTIA INSECTORUM

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Typified names:

Euplectoptera  

CONTENTS: 

1) Euplectoptera Fischer 1853

2) Euplectoptera Tillyard 1932

3) Opinion 

1) Euplectoptera Fischer 1853

NOMEN: Euplectoptera Fischer 1853

ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Fischer 1853):  

SENIOR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYMS:
= Labidoura Dumeril 1805
= Placoda Billberg 1820
= Trimera Zetterstedt 1821
= Eupleőoptera Westwood 1831
= Dermatoptera Burmeister 1838
= Dermoptera Agassiz 1848
= Harmoptera Fieber 1852 

JUNIOR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYMS:
= Labidura (Burmeister 1838) Haeckel 1866
= ?Pseudo-Orthoptera Thomas 1872

NON-MONOSEMANTIC CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYMS: see Dermatoptera

TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Forficula/fg
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE: Forficula (sensu Linnaeus 1758), Forficulariae, Forficulaedes, Forficulidae, Forficularia, Forficulites, Forficulina, Forficulodea, Forficulida, Forficulidi

MODERN STATUS: emendation of the names Eupleőoptera Westwood 1831; junior synonym of Dermatoptera Burmeister 1838


2) Euplectoptera Tillyard 1932

NOMEN: Euplectoptera Tillyard 1932 [R.J. Tillyard. Kansas Permian insects. Part 15. The order Plectoptera. – Amer. Journ. Sci., 1932, 23: 97-172]

ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Tillyard 1932):

NON-MONOSEMANTIC CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYMS (with indistinct position of †Permoplectoptera):
= Anisoptera Stephens 1829 s.str.
= Plectoptera Packard 1886 s.str.
= Ephemeroptera Hyatt & Arms 1891 s.str.
= Plectopteradelphia Crampton 1916 s.str.
= Archipterygota Borner 1909 s.str.
= Prometabola Weber 1933 s.str.

TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Ephemera/fg (sine †Triplosoba, †Protereisma, †Phtharthus; incl. Prosopistoma)
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE: Ephemeridae, Ephemerina, Ephemerida

MODERN STATUS: the valid, the oldest name of a generally accepted, holophyletic taxon Ephemeroptera s.str.
 Systematic position of Euplectoptera:

Panephemeroptera, or Ephemeroptera s.1 (Ephemera/fg1)
 Protephemeroidea (Triplosoba/fg1)
  Euephemeroptera, or Ephemeroptera s.2 (Ephemera/fg2)
    † Permoplectoptera (Protereisma/f1=Phtharthus/g1)
    Euplectoptera, or Ephemeroptera s.3 (Ephemera/fg3)

3) OPINION

The name Euplectoptera Tillyard 1932 should be used as valid, in spite of the fact that it is a junior homonym of Euplectoptera Fischer 1853.