Taxacom: Calotheca, insect or protozoan, or both?

Wed Feb 2 07:10:42 CST 2022

A recent article (https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/73175/<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fzookeys.pensoft.net%2Farticle%2F73175%2F&data=04%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7Ce1ec0f80c24345a83c9708d9e64d6c00%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637794043231068377%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=24gmEGfeiP0Qn8mq9qmEBUk5ftDz9Oh%2BgC85CYJas5I%3D&reserved=0>) refers to Calotheca as a genus of flea beetles; Catalogue of Life says the genus is in a Protozoan family, Acanthoecidae Norris, 1965<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catalogueoflife.org%2Fdata%2Ftaxon%2F62335&data=04%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7Ce1ec0f80c24345a83c9708d9e64d6c00%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637794043231068377%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=jsJK6Vfm8Ls7OZ2md4ful8hiU6GEkbTuspvZ7s5nBaA%3D&reserved=0>,  (https://www.catalogueoflife.org/?taxonKey=3FYR<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catalogueoflife.org%2F%3FtaxonKey%3D3FYR&data=04%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7Ce1ec0f80c24345a83c9708d9e64d6c00%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637794043231068377%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=et0%2FQX8S3KF0KQcpWBhTv0c9mN9Jn4Tx7LXKO8KlEEM%3D&reserved=0>).

Is there another accepted generic name for the flea beetles concerned? Or are names in the Acanthoecidae governed by some code other than the ICZN?  Or is this an unresolved issue?

Mary