A checklist of species-group names under the genus-group name Syntormon and its derivates (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
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https://doi.org/10.33910/2686-9519-2026-18-1-301-309Keywords:
Nomenclature, taxonomy, gender, Syntormon, Anasyntormon, Neosyntormon, Parasyntormon, long-legged fliesAbstract
A checklist of 185 specific names (including 128 names of valid species) under the generic names Syntormon, Anasyntormon, Neosyntormon and Parasyntormon is compiled with both neuter and masculine genders along with inalterable names. Present taxonomic position of specific names is also provided. The paper is caused by a recent application to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to use its plenary power to rule that the gender of the genus-group name Syntormon Loew, 1857, is neuter, and to place the name Syntormon on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology with the neuter gender. The name Syntormon was used predominately with the masculine gender before 1998 and with both neuter and masculine genders subsequently. Independently of the decision of the International Commission, this paper emphasizes that Anasyntormon, Neosyntormon and Parasyntormon should be also placed together with Syntormon on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology.
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