''Chaetosoma'' is a genus of
beetles in the family
Chaetosomatidae
Chaetosomatidae is a small family of beetles, in the superfamily Cleroidea
Cleroidea is a small superfamily of beetles containing over 10,000 species. Most of the members of the group are somewhat slender, often with fairly soft, flexible elyt ...
. The name was published twice prior to 1851, but these older uses have been declared unavailable under the
ICZN
The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals. It is also informally known as the ICZN Code, for its publisher, the I ...
.
[ICZN (2011) OPINION 2287 (Case 3513) ''Chaetosoma'' Westwood, 1851, ''Apodasya'' Pascoe, 1863 and CHAETOSOMATIDAE Crowson, 1952 (Insecta, Coleoptera): usage conserved.]
References
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Cleroidea genera
Chaetosomatidae
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