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Closed issue: Fix bad genus link because of homonymy
Added by Brian Fisher over 7 years ago — Closed by Fredrik Palmkron

There are many species cases but here is a genus case: http://antcat.org/catalog/460095

5 comments

Fredrik Palmkron commented over 5 years ago:

@Brian Fisher: Has this been fixed?

Brian Fisher commented over 5 years ago:

@Fredrik Palmkron Not yet fixed. And can not be fixed until there is a taxa selector for Parent: here is Bolton history of the two Lithomyrmex genera:
LITHOMYRMEX [junior synonym of Onychomyrmex]
Lithomyrmex Clark, 1928a: 30. Type-species: Lithomyrmex glauerti Clark, 1928a: 31, by original designation.
Taxonomic history
Lithomyrmex in Ponerinae, Amblyoponini: Clark, 1928a: 30.
Lithomyrmex as junior synonym of Amblyopone: Brown, 1960a: 156. Lithomyrmex as junior synonym of Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 17. Lithomyrmex as junior synonym of Onychomyrmex: Ward & Fisher, 2016: 691.

*LITHOMYRMEX [junior homonym, see *Eulithomyrmex]
*Lithomyrmex Carpenter, 1930: 34. Type-species: *Lithomyrmex rugosus Carpenter, 1930: 35, by original designation.
Taxonomic history
[Junior homonym of Lithomyrmex Clark, 1928a: 30 (Formicidae).]
*Lithomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Agroecomyrmecini: Carpenter, 1930: 34. *Eulithomyrmex Carpenter, 1935: 91, replacement name for *Lithomyrmex Carpenter

Fredrik Palmkron commented over 5 years ago:

@Brian Fisher What about now, can it be fixed now by force-changing the parent? :D

Brian Fisher commented over 5 years ago:

Now fixed using the wonderful force-parent tool.

Fredrik Palmkron commented over 5 years ago:

Woohoo, closing :)