Trachytes Michael, 1894

Trachytes Michael, 1894: 297 .

Trachynotus Kramer, 1876: 74 (junior homonym). Type species Trachynotus pyriformis Kramer, 1876: 74, designated by Michael, 1894: 293.

Notes. Trachytes Michael, 1894 was a replacement name for Trachynotus Kramer, 1876, which is a junior homonym of Trachynotus Latreille, 1829 (Coleoptera) . When it was originally described, Trachytes included two species— Celaeno aegrota Koch, 1847 and Trachynotus pyriformis Kramer, 1876 . Camin (1953) reported that Michael (1894) had designated pyriformis as the type species of Trachynotus . This would automatically mean that pyriformis is also the type species of Trachytes . Johnston (1961) also stated that Michael (1894) had designated pyriformis as the type species of both Trachynotus and Trachytes . Camin and Johnston appear to be referring to Michael's statement (1908: 293) that Trachynotus pyriformis Kramer, 1876 "may well be the type of a separate genus". Some authors report that the type species of Trachytes is Celaeno aegrota Koch, 1847, but this was adequately refuted by Camin (1953). The genus name Trachynotus has been incorrectly spelled as Trachinotus and Trachynothus by some authors.