Nomenclatural changes in the suborders Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera) and Paleorrhyncha (Palaeohemiptera)
Author
Dmitriev, Dmitry A.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-11-18
4881
1
25
53
journal article
7939
10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.2
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1175-5326
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Philaenini
Philaenus ceylonicus
nom.nov.
=
Philaenus pallidus
(
Melichar, 1903b: 135
)
(original genus
Ptyelus
; from
Ceylon
) secondary homonym of
Cercopis spumaria
var.
pallida
Zetterstedt, 1828a: 515
(synonym of
Philaenus spumarius
(
Linnaeus, 1758a: 437
))
Etymology:
from
Ceylon
, adjective.
Notes:
The name
Philaenus pallidus
(
Melichar, 1903
)
could not be preserved under ICZN article 23.9 since the senior homonym was used as a valid subspecies name after 1899 and the junior homonym was not used as valid in 25 works, published by at least 10 authors.