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ZooKeys 277: 109–113, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.277.4273
Nomenclatural changes in Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae and Delphacidae (Homoptera)
Dmitry A. Dmitriev 1, Stuart H. McKamey 2
1 Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1816 S. Oak st., Champaign, IL 61820, USA
2 USDA/ARS Systematic Entomology Laboratory, c/o National Museum of Natural History, MRC-168, Smithsonian Institution, 10th St. & Constitution Ave., PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012

Corresponding author: Dmitry A. Dmitriev (dmitriev@inhs.uiuc.edu)

Academic editor: M. Webb

received 8 November 2012 | accepted 20 February 2013 | Published 15 March 2013


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Abstract

New replacement names are proposed for seven species of the subfamily Typhlocybinae; one new synonym is recognized in the family Delphacidae. The following changes are proposed: Empoasca (Empoasca) angustata nom.nov. for Empoasca angusta Linnavuori & DeLong (not Dworakowska); Empoasca (Empoasca) chilensis nom.nov. for Empoasca diversa Linnavuori & DeLong (not Vilbaste); Austroasca verdensis nom.nov. for Empoasca artemisiae Lindberg (not Lethierry); Kropka vidanoi Dworakowska for Erythroneura unipunctata Dlabola (not Cerutti); Zyginella vietnamica nom. nov. for Zyginella melichari Dworakowska (not Kirkaldy); Eupteryx (Eupteryx) dlabolai nom. nov. for Eupteryx octonotata Dlabola (not Hardy); Baaora ahmedi nom. nov. for Baaora spinosa (Ahmed) (not Beamer); Paradelphacodes insolitus Dmitriev is synonymized with Paradelphacodes gvosdevi (Mitjaev), syn. nov.

Keywords

Typhlocybinae, Delphacidae, leafhopper, planthopper, systematics, homonym, synonym

Introduction

Use of the 3i software package (Dmitriev 2006) helped to reveal several junior homonyms in the leafhopper subfamily Typhlocybinae, which need publication of replacement names. The nomenclatural changes proposed in this paper are necessary to bring the classification of the subfamily Typhlocybinae into compliance with the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999). In addition, a new synonym in the family Delphacidae is recognized.

Nomenclatural changes and notes
Family Cicadellidae Subfamily Typhlocybinae

Empoasca (Empoasca) angustata nomen novum for Empoasca angusta Linnavuori & DeLong

Empoasca angusta Linnavuori & DeLong, 1977:17, described from Chile, is a junior primary homonym of Empoasca (Buhria) angusta Dworakowska, 1976:26, described from Cameroon.

Etymology: The original species name in modified spelling is used.


Empoasca (Empoasca) chilensis nomen novum for Empoasca diversa Linnavuori & DeLong

Empoasca diversa Linnavuori & DeLong, 1977:179, described from Chile, is a junior primary homonym of Empoasca (Matsumurasca) diversa Vilbaste, 1968:87, an eastern Palaearctic and Oriental species.

Etymology: The species is named for the country, from which it was originally described.


Austroasca verdensis nomen novum for Empoasca artemisiae Lindberg

Austroasca artemisiae (Lindberg), Dworakowska 1970b: 712

Empoasca artemisiae Lindberg, 1958: 208, described from Cape Verde, is a junior primary homonym of Empoasca artemisiae Haupt, 1924:294 (= Austroasca vittata (Lethierry, 1884:65)), a wide spread Palaearctic and Oriental species.

Etymology: The species named for the country of the original description.


Kropka vidanoi Dworakowska, 1970a: 619 nomen revived

= Erythroneura unipunctata Dlabola, 1957:119

Empoasca unipunctata Dlabola, described from southern Europe, is a junior primary homonym of Empoasca tithide var. unipunctata Cerutti, 1939:85 (= Zygina (Zygina) tithide Ferrari, 1882:159), another European species. Dworakowska (1981) recognized Kropka vidanoi Dworakowska as junior synonym of Kropka unipunctata (Dlabola). We restore Kropka vidanoi Dworakowska as a valid name for the species.


Zyginella vietnamica nomen novum for Zyginella melichari Dworakowska

Zyginella melichari Dworakowska, 1977:24, described from Vietnam, is a junior secondary homonym of Zyginella melichari (Kirkaldy, 1906:315, Eupteryx), a species known from Sri Lanka.

Etymology: The species is named for the country, from which it was originally described.


Eupteryx (Eupteryx) dlabolai nomen novum for Eupteryx (Eupteryx) octonotata Dlabola

Eupteryx octonotata Dlabola, 1974:51, described from Iran, is a junior secondary homonym of Eupteryx octonotata (Hardy, 1850:419, Typhlocyba) (= Eupteryx (Eupteryx) urticae (Fabricius, 1803: 77)), a wide spread Palaearctic species.

Etymology: The species is named for the author of the replaced name.


Baaora ahmedi nomen novum for Typhlocyba spinosa Ahmed

Baaora spinosa (Ahmed), Dworakowska, 1982:104

Typhlocyba spinosa Ahmed, 1971:195, described from Pakistan, is a junior primary homonym of Empoa (Empoa) spinosa (Beamer, 1943:131, Typhlocyba), a wide spread Nearctic species.

Etymology: The species is named for the author of the replaced name.


Typhlocyba rubrasvulva var. bifasciata Osborn, 1898:12 nom.nud.

The name is a primary homonym of Zonocyba bifasciata (Boheman, 1851:212) (Original genus Typhlocyba). However, the name does not need a replacement, since it is not available.


Family Delphacidae


Paradelphacodes gvosdevi (Mitjaev, 1980)

Chloriona gvosdevi Mitjaev, 1980: 36

Paradelphacodes gvosdevi Mitjaev, 2002: 104

= Paradelphacodes insolitus Dmitriev, 2000: 281 syn.n.

Dmitriev (2000) described Paradelphacodes insolitus from Southern Russia, not far from the type locality of the Chloriona gvosdevi Mitjaev in Northern Kazakhstan. In 2002, Mitjaev compared his material to the illustrations of Dmitriev (2000) and transferred Chloriona gvosdevi Mitjaev to the genus Paradelphacodes without formally synonymizing both species. In this paper the synonymy of the two species is confirmed.

Acknowledgements

This work was partially supported by the National Science Foundation grants (DEB 0315373, DEB-050529679, and DEB-0715499).

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