Macrobiotus coronifer Richters, 1903 (type species for Richtersius Pilato & Binda, 1989): designating a new neotype from the original type locality described within the integrative taxonomy framework

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: STEC, DANIEL, MICHALCZYK, ŁUKASZ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2020
• Subjects: Tardigrada; Europe; Eutardigrada; neotype; Nomenclature; Norway; Richtersiidae; Richtersius coronifer; Spitsbergen; Svalbard; taxonomy; Bodø
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4858.2.10; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4858.2.10

The designation of a neotype for Macrobiotus coronifer Richters, 1903 (now the type species of the genus Richtersius Pilato & Binda, 1989) by Maucci & Ramazzotti (1981) with type locality Bodø in Norway is shown to be invalid as it does not comply with the International Code of Zoological No...