Name: "Zinssera" Macchiavello 1947

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Zinssera, named after Hans Zinsser, beloved master of generations of students scattered throughout the world who are trying to continue in a modest way his outstanding work in the field under discussion, one of whom (Savoot) has most contributed to our understanding of the group of disease whose etiological agent is thus named in his teacher’s honor

Gender: feminine (stem: Zinsser-)

Type species: "Zinssera orientalis" Macchiavello 1947

Original publication: Macchiavello A. Notes on the taxonomy of the Rickettsias and the classification of the Rickettsioses. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Primera Reunión Interamericana del Tifo, Mexico, Secretaría de Salubridad y Asistencia de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, México, 1947, p. 405-426.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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: 1

Parent taxon: Rickettsiaceae Pinkerton 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Macchiavello A. Notes on the taxonomy of the Rickettsias and the classification of the Rickettsioses. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Primera Reunión Interamericana del Tifo, Mexico, Secretaría de Salubridad y Asistencia de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, México, 1947, p. 405-426.

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Record number: 72336

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