Crocuta Kaup 1828

Crocuta Kaup 1828, Oken's Isis. Encyclop. Zeit, 21 (11): column 1145.

Type Species: Canis crocuta Erxleben 1777

Synonyms: Crocotta Kaup 1829 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)

Discussion: Antedated by Crocuta Meigen, 1800 (an insect), but that name has been suppressed (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1962).