New synonyms and several nomenclatural clarifications on family-group names in the Aphididae (Hemiptera Sternorrhyncha)
Author
Nieto, Juan M.
Author
Hidalgo, Nicolás Pérez
Author
Durante, Pilar Mier
text
Zootaxa
2007
1629
51
55
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.179378
d3eb956e-7ad7-4cd7-bfae-01bc2749bbf8
1175-5326
179378
Pteroclorini
or
Pterochlorini
?
Mordvilko (1914)
established the tribe name “
Pterochlorini
”,
Pterochlorus
Passerini
being the name-bearing genus. However,
Pterochlorus
is an unjustified emendation of
Pteroclorus
Rondani, 1848 (
Passerini 1860
)
, as recognised by most aphidologists, for example,
Börner (1952)
and
Eastop & Hille Ris Lambers (1976)
; and the fact that
Nieto Nafría
et al
. (2003
: 308) considered
Pterochlorus
as a mistake for
Pteroclorus
.
Baker
(1920)
used
Pterochlorina
as a valid subtribe name, and
Nieto Nafría
et al.
(1998a)
considered it a junior synonym of
Lachninae
, also writing it with “ch”. However, the correct spelling of the taxon is
Pteroclorini
, because «A family-group name is an incorrect original spelling and must be corrected if it is formed from an unjustified emendation of a generic name (unless the unjustified emendation has become a substitute name)» [I.C.Z.N. article 32.5.3.2], and «The correction of an incorrect original spelling in accordance with the article 32.5 is a "justified emendation", and the name thus corrected retains the authorship and date of the original spelling» [I.C.Z.N. article 33.2.2].
However, on the other hand
Pteroclorini
is an objective invalid name because it comes from the name of the genus which is an objective synonym of another genus,
Lachnus
Burmeister, 1835
.