Nomenclatural and Taxonomic Notes on Names of Hawaiian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera)
Author
Leeper, John R.
text
Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society
2014
46
1
7
journal article
58040
10.5281/zenodo.8159436
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0073-134X
8159436
Scymnus
ambulans
Blackburn, 1895
.
Justification:
Although ITIS lists
Scymnus varipes
Blackburn
(TNS: 187060);
Slipinski et al. (2012)
recognized
Scymnus varipes
Blackburn
as a new junior synonym of
Scymnus ambulans
Blackburn.
Names Used in
Hawaii
:
Leeper (1976: 301)
treated this species as
Scymnus varipes
Blackburn.
This has been the only name for this species in found in Hawaiian literature.
Nishida (2002: 53)
listed
S. varipes
. The UHIM currently lists
S. varipes (Blackburn)
.
This is the first use of
Scymnus
ambulans
Blackburn in Hawaiian literature.