https://mapress.com/mt <p><strong>Megataxa</strong> is a premium open access journal for important works reporting major advances in taxonomy.</p> en-US <span lang="EN-GB">Authors need to complete and return an </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="/j/public/files/MTcopyright.rtf">Assignment of Copyright</a> </span><span lang="EN-GB">form when a paper is accepted for publication. Authors from institutions that do not allow transfer of copyrights to publishers (e.g. government institutions such as USDA, CSIRO) should attach a copyright waiver or similar document.</span> zhangz@landcareresearch.co.nz (Zhi-Qiang Zhang) magnolia@mapress.com (Magnolia press) Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:11:47 +1300 OJS 3.3.0.6 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 https://mapress.com/mt/article/view/megataxa.19.2.1 <p lang="en-US" align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are about 760 genus-group names, available and unavailable, in the families of Scarabaeoidea other than the Scarabaeidae by 11 March 2026. Of these, 457 refer to currently accepted extant and fossil genera, mainly in the Lucanidae (155), Hybosoridae (93), and Passalidae (72) A further &gt;300 genus-group names are given subgeneric rank or placed in synonymy or homonymy. <em>Passalus cancrus</em> Percheron, 1844 is designated as the type species of both <em>Basilianus</em> Kaup, 1871 and <em>Tiberius</em> Kuwert, 1891, making both generic names <strong>new synonyms</strong> of <em>Pharochilus</em> Kaup, 1868.</span></span></span></p> PETER G. ALLSOPP, PAUL SCHOOLMEESTERS Copyright (c) 2026 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 https://mapress.com/mt/article/view/megataxa.19.2.1 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1300