Oncopodidae Thorell, 1876

Type genus. Oncopus Thorell, 1876; type species by original designation and by monotypy, Oncopus doriae Thorell, 1876.

Remark. The name of the type genus, Oncopus Thorell, 1876 (without a synonym), is pre­occupied by Oncopus Herrich­Schäffer, 1855 (with a synonym) for a genus of South American geometrid moths with two species. Substituting Oncopus Thorell by a new name, as proposed by Özdikmen & Kury (in press), would result in several other nomenclatural changes: Mandatory new combinations for twelve species names, two of which are currently in synonymy and one of which, Oncopus cuspidatus Schwendinger, is the type species of the genus Caenoncopus Martens & Schwendinger, plus the corresponding replacement of the family name Oncopodidae Thorell and of the superfamily name Oncopodoidea Thorell. Oncopus Thorell is a widely used name, which is not the case in Oncopus Herrich­Schäffer. Therefore the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has been asked to use its plenary powers to suppress the senior homonym (Schwendinger & Martens in press, a). Receipt of this case was published in September 2005 (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2005: 126). As long as this matter is under consideration by the Commission, the prevailing usage of names has to be maintained [see Article 82 of the current edition of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1999)].