New names for some preoccupied specific epithets in Chalcoidea II: Families Eupelmidae, Eurytomidae, Mymaridae, Perilampidae, Pteromalidae, Torymidae (Hymenoptera: Parasitica)

Abstract :

According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN, 1999), Eusandalum cyaneum (Hedqvist, 1970) and Eusandalum stylatum (Hedqvist, 1970) (Eupelmidae: Calosotinae); Anastatus madagascariensis (Risbec, 1952); Eupelmus orientalis Ferrière, 1929; Eupelmus setiger Perkins, 1910; Mesocomys orientalis (Kalina, 1984) and Zaischnopsis ivondroi (Risbec, 1952) (Eupelmidae: Eupelminae); Bruchophagus mongolicus Fan & Liao, 1991; Bruchophagus niger (Zerova, 1971); Bruchophagus niger (Girault, 1915); Bruchophagus nikolskayae (Szelényi, 1971); Bruchophagus trjapitzini Zerova, 2008; Eurytoma apantelesi Narendran, 1994; Eurytoma atamiensis (Ashmead, 1904); Eurytoma compressa Bugbee, 1939; Eurytoma japonica Ashmead, 1904; Eurytoma lactucae Zerova, 2008; Eurytoma polygraphi (Yang, 1996); Eurytoma pusilla Bugbee, 1945; Eurytoma robusta Yang, 1996; Eurytoma scaposa Narendran, 1994; Sycophila flava Xu & He, 2003 and Tetramesa sulcata Szelényi, 1971 (Eurytomidae: Eurytominae); Anaphes angustipennis (Soyka, 1949); Anaphes crassicornis (Soyka, 1949); Anaphes longicornis (Soyka, 1949); Cleruchus terebrator Viggiani, 1970; Gonatocerus africanus Risbec, 1956; Gonatocerus io Girault, 1938; Gonatocerus orientalis Zeya, 1995; Polynema ciliatum Perkins, 1910; Polynema orientalis (Ogloblin, 1963); Polynema prolongatum Soyka, 1956; Polynema pulchrum Soyka, 1956 and Polynema reticulatum Hincks, 1950 (Mymaridae); Perilampus cyaneus Brullé, 1846 (Perilampidae: Perilampinae); Cleonymus californicus Girault, 1917 and Epistenia rufipes Cameron, 1913 (Pteromalidae: Cleonyminae); Dipara keralensis Narendran & Sureshan, 2001 (Pteromalidae: Diparinae); Gastrancistrus citripes (Girault, 1929) and Gastrancistrus marylandensis (Girault, 1916b) (Pteromalidae: Pireninae); Callitula flavipes (Girault & Dodd, 1915); Mesopolobus dubius (Girault & Dodd, 1915); Mesopolobus minutus Sureshan & Narendran, 2002; Pachyneuron coccorum (Ratzeburg, 1848); Psilocera rufipes Graham, 1992; Pteromalus aeneus Nees, 1834; Pteromalus aerosus Statz, 1938; Pteromalus clavicornis Statz, 1938; Pteromalus decipiens (Graham, 1969); Pteromalus obscurus (Thomson, 1878); Sphegigaster carinata Huang, 1990 and Spintherus dubius Ashmead, 1894 (Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae); Torymus basalis (Fonscolombe, 1840) and Torymus contractus (Walker, 1874) (Torymidae: Toryminae) are not correct because the specific epithets are illegitimate. Accordingly, the following replacement names are proposed for the preoccupied specific names respectively: Eusandalum africanum nom. nov. and Eusandalum namibiaensis nom. nov. (Eupelmidae: Calosotinae); Anastatus risbeci nom. nov.; Eupelmus eurorientalis nom. nov.; Eupelmus hawaiicus nom. nov.; Mesocomys kalinai nom. nov. and Zaischnopsis madagascarensis nom. nov. (Eupelmidae: Eupelminae); Bruchophagus pseudomongolicus nom. nov.; Bruchophagus nigrella nom. nov.; Bruchophagus euniger nom. nov.; Bruchophagus gonuli nom. nov.; Bruchophagus iranicus nom. nov.; Eurytoma indiana nom. nov.; Eurytoma tulaya nom. nov.; Eurytoma mexicana nom. nov.; Eurytoma eujaponica nom. nov.; Eurytoma zerovai nom. nov.; Eurytoma sinensis nom. nov.; Eurytoma impar Bugbee, 1945; Eurytoma yangi nom. nov.; Eurytoma keralensis nom. nov.; Sycophila fujianensis nom. nov. and Tetramesa sulcatella nom. nov. (Eurytomidae: Eurytominae); Anaphes germaniacus nom. nov.; Anaphes soykai nom. nov.; Anaphes eulongicornis nom. nov.; Cleruchus europaensis nom. nov.; Gonatocerus camerounensis nom. nov.; Gonatocerus ionella nom. nov.; Gonatocerus zeyai nom. nov.; Polynema perkinsi nom. nov.; Polynema uruguayensis nom. nov.; Polynema europensis nom. nov.; Polynema polandica nom. nov. and Polynema englandicus nom. nov. (Mymaridae); Perilampus eucyaneus nom. nov. (Perilampidae: Perilampinae); Cleonymus eucalifornicus nom. nov. and Epistenia cameroni nom. nov. (Pteromalidae: Cleonyminae); Dipara eukeralensis nom. nov. (Pteromalidae: Diparinae); Gastrancistrus pseudocitripes nom. nov. and Gastrancistrus eumarylandensis nom. nov. (Pteromalidae: Pireninae); Callitula euflavipes nom. nov.; Mesopolobus girododdi nom. nov.; Mesopolobus keralensis nom. nov.; Pachyneuron ratzeburgi nom. nov.; Psilocera grahami nom. nov.; Pteromalus uyari nom. nov.; Pteromalus statzi nom. nov.; Pteromalus germanicus nom. nov.; Pteromalus eudecipiens nom. nov.; Pteromalus neobscurus nom. nov.; Sphegigaster yunnanensis nom. nov. and Spintherus eudubius nom. nov. (Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae); Torymus fonscolombei nom. nov. and Torymus amurensis nom. nov. (Torymidae: Toryminae)


Keyword :

Nomenclatural change, homonymy, replacement name, Hymenoptera, Chalcoidea


Author(s) : Özdikmen, H.
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Published Issue : 2011 Vol. 6 Number 2


2011 Vol. 6 Number 2