Taxacom: Calotheca, insect or protozoan, or both?

[Tony Rees]

FYI I previously had Calotheca (the beetle) listed as a subgenus (therefore
synonym at genus level) of Blepharida Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836, following
Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog, however more recently it seems to be
accepted as a separate genus, refer Biondi, M.; Frasca, R.; Grobbelaar, E.;
D'Alessandro, P. (2017). Supraspecific taxonomy of the flea beetle genus
Blepharida Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in the Afrotropical
Region and description of Afroblepharida subgen. nov. Insect Systematics &
Evolution. 48(2): 97-155., available online at
https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1163%2F1876312x-48022152&data=04%7C01%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C9f80742cf6c94cf1169808d9e6cd1f9a%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637794590965029190%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=dCMzH6zAqzV5yUOV6o17%2BOjk6scBbuhJTmUYVjpMkcU%3D&reserved=0 , so I have upgraded it to
"accepted" status at genus level in IRMNG accordingly. The other former
subgenus of  Blepharida, Blepharidella Weise, 1910, is now listed in Biondi
et al. as a synonym of Calotheca.

Regards - Tony

On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 at 06:29, Tony Rees <tonyrees49 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I checked for "Calotheca" in my own holdings and discovered a few
> wrinkles, now corrected as needed:
>
> First, Rod and Mary are correct, Calotheca Thomsen & Moestrup, 1983 (the
> choanoflagellate) is preoccupied in zoology by Calotheca Heyden, 1887 (a
> beetle), however is in current use (and should therefore be replaced).
> Choanoflagellates have occasionally been treated as algae in the past, but
> that is probably irrelevant here, since by 1983 they were being treated
> under zoological nomenclature.
>
> Second, I had Calotheca (the grass) with the authority of Palisot de
> Beauvois (via a copy of GRIN from 2011), however PdB was correcting an
> earlier incorrect spelling of Devaux dating from 1810, so the corrected
> spelling retains the original authorship and should be given as Devaux,
> 1810. According to Plants of the World Online as at now, Calotheca Devaux
> is currently considered a synonym of Chascolytrum Desvaux, 1810
>
> Third, I had both  Calotheca (the grass) and Chascolytrum as synonyms of
> Briza, but Chascolytrum is presently an accepted genus according to POWO
>
> Fourth, POWO has an additional instance of Calotheca in Poacaeae which I
> did not have (and not in Index Nominum Genericorom or GRIN),
> namely Calotheca Sprengel, 1817, a junior homonym in botany, listed as a
> synonym of Aeluropus Trinius, 1822 (now added to my own system).
>
> Onwards and upwards (!)
>
> Regards - Tony
>
> Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
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> On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 at 00:25, Roderic Page via Taxacom <
> taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mary,
>>
>> Whichever code applies the choanoflagellate looks like it is in trouble.
>> In zoology the genus Calotheca dates from 1887 for agents of beetles, and
>> in botany the genus dates from 1810 as a name for genus of grasses.
>>
>> The use of Calotheca for a choanoflagellate dates from 1983
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>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Rod
>>
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