This history item belongs to Anacantholepis Santschi, 1914

Its current taxon owner(s) is Anacantholepis

Anacantholepis as subgenus of Plagiolepis: Santschi, 1914e: 36; Forel, 1917: 249; Arnold, 1922: 581; Wheeler, 1922: 696; Emery, 1925d: 22; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 622; Bolton, 1994: 51; Bolton, 1995b: 20.


{tax 429207} as subgenus of {tax 429205}: {ref 128289}: 36; {ref 124997}: 249; {ref 122312}: 581; {ref 133015}: 696; {ref 124775}: 22; {ref 124329}: 622; {ref 122834}: 51; {ref 122860}: 20.
  • Item type: taxt
  • Created at: 2012-09-12
  • Updated at: 2022-10-05
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Taxa belonging to this history item's protonym
Anacantholepis Genus Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Plagiolepis Mayr, 1861
Plagiolepis (Anacantholepis) Subgenus Obsolete combination
an obsolete classification of Anacantholepis Santschi, 1914
Other history items belonging to Anacantholepis
#305763 [Note: a problem in nomenclature. The genus-group name Anacantholepis first appears in Santschi, 1914b: 122 (date of publication 25.ii.1914), and includes two species, Plagiolepis jouberti and Plagiolepis pictipes. This publication almost certainly antedates Santschi, 1914e: 36 (date of publication (31.xii).1914, according to Bolton, 1995b: 481 and Ward et al., 1996: 319), where two different species are mentioned: Plagiolepis decora, and Plagiolepis vanderkelleni. It would appear that under ICZN Articles 12.2.5, 12.2.6, and 12.2.7 that Santschi, 1914b: 122, provides an indication which renders Anacantholepis available from that date. If so, the type-species should be either Plagiolepis jouberti or Plagiolepis pictipes. Note that Santschi, 1926a: 15, counts Santschi, 1914e as the initial record. This small nomenclatural tangle remains to be resolved.]
#240064 Anacantholepis as genus: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 212.
#240065 (selected) Anacantholepis as subgenus of Plagiolepis: Santschi, 1914e: 36; Forel, 1917: 249; Arnold, 1922: 581; Wheeler, 1922: 696; Emery, 1925d: 22; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 622; Bolton, 1994: 51; Bolton, 1995b: 20.
#240066 Anacantholepis as junior synonym of Plagiolepis: Brown, 1973b: 178 [provisional]; Smith, 1979: 1422; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18; Bolton, 2003: 105, 268.