Nomenclatural Note

A new replacement name for the fossil spider Veterator Petrunkevitch, 1963 (Arthropoda: Arachnida: Araneae)

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FILIPPO CECCOLINI
Zoology, “La Specola”, Natural History Museum, University of Florence, Via Romana 17, I-50125 Florence, Italy; ceccolinif@virgilio.it

FABIO CIANFERONI
National Research Council of Italy, Via Madonna del Piano 10, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy; fabio.cianferoni@cnr.it
Corresponding author

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ABSTRACT

A junior homonym was detected in the genera of fossil Araneae and the following replacement name is proposed within the family Trochanteriidae: Neoveterator Ceccolini & Cianferoni nom. nov. pro Veterator Petrunkevitch, 1963 nec Laws, 1944. Eight new combinations (comb. nov.) are proposed.

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Key words: Combinatio nova, Fossil Araneae, Nomen novum, Replacement name.

How to cite: Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F.. 2021. A new replacement name for the fossil spider Veterator Petrunkevitch, 1963 (Arthropoda: Arachnida: Araneae). Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, 36 (2), 235-238.

Received 7 September 2021, Accepted 28 October 2021, Published online: 19 November 2021

https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.36.2.21867

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