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Genus Utexia
Name: Utexia Phillips et al. 2024
Etymology: U.te’xi.a. N.L. fem. n. Utexia, arbitrary name formed from the contraction of The University of Texas at Austin, where descriptive studies of this taxon were performed
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Utexi-), u-TE-xi-a
Type species: Utexia brackfieldae Phillips et al. 2024
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Phillips LE, Sotelo KL, Moran NA. Characterization of gut symbionts from wild-caught Drosophila and other Diptera: description of Utexia brackfieldae gen. nov., sp. nov., Orbus sturtevantii sp. nov., Orbus wheelerorum sp. nov, and Orbus mooreae sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2024; 74:0. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6556.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Utexia brackfieldae Phillips et al. 2024 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Orbaceae Kwong and Moran 2013
Assigned by:
Phillips LE, Sotelo KL, Moran NA. Characterization of gut symbionts from wild-caught Drosophila and other Diptera: description of Utexia brackfieldae gen. nov., sp. nov., Orbus sturtevantii sp. nov., Orbus wheelerorum sp. nov, and Orbus mooreae sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2024; 74:0.
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Record number: 53689
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