Replacement of the illegitimate name Pleomorpha daqingensis (Wang et al. 2017) Montero-Calasanz et al. 2023 with the oldest legitimate name Geodermatophilus daqingensis Wang et al. 2017 and proposal to attribute this species to Petropleomorpha daqingensis (Wang et al. 2017) Li 2023 comb. nov.

Abstract

The prokaryotic generic name Pleomorpha Montero-Calasanz et al. 2023 should be considered illegitimate for being a later homonym of the insect generic name Pleomorpha Saunders 1847, which contravenes Principle 2 and Rule 51b(5) of the 2022 Prokaryotic Code. The name Pleomorpha daqingensis Montero-Calasanz et al. 2023 is therefore illegitimate, and a proposal of a replacement name must be made. The author herein proposes to replace it with the oldest legitimate name Geodermatophilus daqingensis Wang et al. 2017 as requested by Rule 54 and then to attribute this species to the new combination Petropleomorpha daqingensis (Wang et al. 2017) Li 2023 comb. nov.

Judicial Opinion 130

“…Thus, according to Rule 54 the illegitimacy of Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980) [2,3] could be resolved by proposing new combinations for all species currently placed in the genus for which alternative validly published and legitimate names are not yet available [10]. There are several recently published examples of such replacements [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18].…”