''Oncopus'' is a genus of

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s in the family

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first described by

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in 1855. It is a senior homonym of ''Oncopus'' Thorell, 1876, but since this latter genus of opilionids has been much more used in the literature, it has been proposed to the

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in 2006 to suppress the Lepidoptera name. The proposal was refused in 2008.International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature (March 2008). "Opinion 2189 (Case 3350) ''Oncopus'' Thorell, 1876 and Oncopodidae Thorell, 1876 (Arachnida, Opiliones): proposed conservation of the names not approved". ''Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature''. 65 (1): 66–67.

References

* Sterrhinae {{Sterrhinae-stub