Type series of proetid trilobite species (Trilobita, Proetida) from the Silurian of Ukraine described by Leonid Konstantynenko

V. Dernov; V. Korneyev; V. Grytsenko

doi:10.15407/zoo2026.05.518

V. Dernov Department of Palaeontology and Stratigraphy of the Palaeozoic Sediments, Institute of Geological Sciences of the NAS of Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5873-394X
V. Korneyev I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9631-1038
V. Grytsenko National Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2904-4851

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/zoo2026.05.518

Keywords: Podillia, nomenclature, new replacement name, primary homonymy

Abstract

The holotypes of the Late Silurian trilobite species Proetus (Lacunoporaspis) mukshaensis Konstantynenko, 2008, P. (P.) rashkoviensis Konstantynenko, 2008, P. (P.) bragensis Konstantynenko, 2008, and the subspecies P. (P.) conspersus elongata Konstantynenko, 2008 from Podillia (western Ukraine) are recognised and figured herein. Although these names are already available and valid, their original descriptions lacked explicit labelling of the holotypes on the illustrations, which necessitated their formal recognition in the present work. Additionally, Wenlowiproetus konstantynenkoi nom. nov. is hereby established as a replacement name for the available but invalid name Proetus conspersus elongata Konstantynenko, 2008 (non Proetus conspersus elongatus Lindstrom, 1885).

Author Biography

V. Grytsenko, National Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Head of Department of Geology

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