Nomenclatural notes on a variety of Orthoptera Author Braun, Holger text Zootaxa 2024 2024-05-17 5453 1 121 126 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5453.1.7 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.1.7 1175-5326 11233653 459ECAEE-4FE8-42EE-A7F7-A154C4D21D30 Vestria Stål, 1874 Basileus Saussure & Pictet, 1898 (subjective synonym) This neotropical genus of Copiphorini currently comprises six species of which three have been considered to belong to Moncheca Walker, 1869 by a few authors. Among the six species is V. diademata (Saussure & Pictet, 1898) , type species of Basileus (original monotypy). The translucent tegmina and the female’s slender upcurved ovipositor seem to be diagnostic for the genus Vestria , which is in need of a taxonomic revision ( Naskrecki 2000 ). Basileus was synonymized with V estria ( Hebard 1927 ) and is also incorrectly listed as synonym of Moncheca ( Otte 1997b , this latter citation needed to be excluded from the new OSF to prevent V. diademata from ending up under Moncheca ).