Name: "Arthromitus" Leidy 1849

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ar.thro’mi.tus. N.L. masc. n. Arthromitus, a jointed thread

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Arthromit-), ar-T^HRO-mi-tus

Type species: "Arthromitus cristatus" Leidy 1849

Original publication: Leidy J. October 9th. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1849; 4:224-233.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the family "Arthromitaceae". Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family "Arthromitaceae". Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Anthromitus"; "Arihromitus"; "Arthrbmitus"; "Arthromiius"; "Arthropitus"; "Arzhromitus".
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Arthromitus" Snel et al. 1995.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Arthromitus chasei" Margulis et al. 1990	not validly published	preferred name
    "Arthromitus cristatus" Leidy 1849	not validly published	preferred name
    "Arthromitus reticulitermitidis" Margulis et al. 1990	not validly published	preferred name
    "Arthromitus zootermopsidis" Margulis et al. 1990	not validly published	preferred name

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Record number: 46736