Name: "Candidatus Megaira" Schrallhammer et al. 2013

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. Megaira

Gender: feminine (stem: Megair-)

Type species: "Candidatus Megaira polyxenophila" Schrallhammer et al. 2013

Original publication: Schrallhammer M, Ferrantini F, Vannini C, Galati S, Schweikert M, Gortz HD, Verni F, Petroni G. 'Candidatus Megaira polyxenophila' gen. nov., sp. nov.: considerations on evolutionary history, host range and shift of early divergent rickettsiae. PLoS One 2013; 8:e72581.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Megaera" corrig. Schrallhammer et al. 2013

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Megaera" corrig. Schrallhammer et al. 2013	corrected spelling of name, not validly published

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Megaira polyxenophila" Schrallhammer et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Megaira venefica" Lanzoni et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Rickettsiaceae Pinkerton 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Schrallhammer M, Ferrantini F, Vannini C, Galati S, Schweikert M, Gortz HD, Verni F, Petroni G. 'Candidatus Megaira polyxenophila' gen. nov., sp. nov.: considerations on evolutionary history, host range and shift of early divergent rickettsiae. PLoS One 2013; 8:e72581.

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Record number: 509