A Review of Triarius Jacoby, 1887 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Luperini), with Descriptions of a New Genus and Four New Species
Author
Clark, Shawn M.
Author
Anderson, E. Russell
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2019
2019-06-21
73
2
343
357
http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-73.2.343
journal article
10.1649/0010-065X-73.2.343
1938-4394
Diabrotica neotropica
Clark and Anderson
, replacement name
Triarius tropicus
Weise 1921: 85
Diabrotica tropicus
: Smith and Lawrence 1967: 135
(not
Diabrotica tropica
Weise, 1916
)
This Brazilian species was originally named
Triarius tropicus
Weise, 1921
. Later, Smith and Lawrence (1967) transferred it to the genus
Diabrotica
. However, in so doing, they created a secondary homonym with
Diabrotica tropica
Weise, 1916
. The fact that the 1916 species is now placed in
Paratriarius
Schaeffer
does not diminish the homonymy, as the original combination was in
Diabrotica
. We here propose
Diabrotica neotropica
as a replacement name for
Triarius tropicus
Weise, 1921
.