Back to the future: the proper name for red-backed voles is Clethrionomys Tilesius and not Myodes Pallas

Author:

Kryštufek Boris1,Tesakov Alexey S.2,Lebedev Vladimir S.3,Bannikova Anna A.4,Abramson Nataliya I.5,Shenbrot Georgy6

Affiliation:

1. Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Prešernova 20, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

2. Laboratory of Quaternary Stratigraphy, Geological Institute RAS, Pyzhevsky lane 7, 119017 Moscow, Russia

3. Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, B. Nikitskaya 6, Moscow, Russia

4. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory 1/12, Moscow, Russia

5. Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, Zoological Institute RAS, Universitetskaya nab.1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia

6. Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel

Abstract

AbstractTwo names (Clethrionomys and Myodes) are used interchangeably for red-backed voles, which is contrary to one of the fundamental principles of zoological nomenclature, that each taxon has a single and unique valid name. Fixation of Mus lemmus Linnaeus, 1758, as the type of Myodes Pallas, 1811, meets the requirements stipulated in the Article 69.1.1 of the 4th edition of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, and is therefore valid. Hence, the genus group name Myodes is a junior synonym of Lemmus Link, 1795, and is not available for red-backed voles. The oldest valid name for red-backed voles is Clethrionomys Tilesius, 1850, with the type species (Mus rutilus Pallas, 1779) subsequently designated by Palmer (1928).

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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