Abstract
A replacement name for Hualpenia Mundaca, Parra & Vargas (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae). Vihualpenia nom. nov. is proposed as a replacement name for Hualpenia Mundaca, Parra & Vargas, 2013 (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), in order to remove homonymy with Hualpenia Franz, 1996 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).
Homonymy; Insecta; leaf miner; Vihualpenia
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A replacement name for Hualpenia Mundaca, Parra & Vargas (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)
Enrique A. MundacaI; Luis E. ParraII; Héctor A. VargasIII
IUniversidad Católica del Maule, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Escuela de Agronomía, Casilla 7-D, Curicó, Chile. emundaca@ucm.cl
IIDepartamento de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción. Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile. luparra@udec.cl
III Departamento de Recursos Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Tarapacá, Casilla 6-D. Arica, Chile. havargas@uta.cl
ABSTRACT
A replacement name for Hualpenia Mundaca, Parra & Vargas (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae). Vihualpenia nom. nov. is proposed as a replacement name for Hualpenia Mundaca, Parra & Vargas, 2013 (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), in order to remove homonymy with Hualpenia Franz, 1996 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).
KEYWORDS: Homonymy; Insecta; leaf miner; Vihualpenia.
A new genus of Neotropical Gracillariidae was recently described from a relict of transitional schlerophyllous-latifoliated evergreen forest of the Hualpén Peninsula, in Concepción, southern central Chile (Mundaca et al. 2013). However, Dr. Miguel A. Monné brought to attention the issue of homonymy of the genus name, which had been previously used by Franz (1996) in Coleoptera. Thus, a replacement name for the junior homonym is here proposed.
Vihualpenia nom. nov.
As a replacement name for Hualpenia Mundaca, Parra & Vargas, 2013 (type species: Hualpenia lithraeophaga Mundaca, Parra & Vargas, 2013: 158); not Hualpenia Franz, 1996 (type species: Hualpenia relicta Franz, 1996: 124).
Etymology. The first two letters in the genus name derive from the name Viviane, in honor to Dr. Viviane Jerez, for her great contributions to the study of Neotropical Coleoptera, and for her valuable work as professor at the Departamento de Zoología, Universidad de Concepción. The remaining part of the genus name derives from the type locality.
As a result of the name replacement, the following new combination is introduced for the only species included in this genus: Vihualpenia lithraeophaga (Mundaca, Parra & Vargas, 2013) comb. nov.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
To Dr. Miguel A. Monné, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, for kindly bringing this issue to the first author's attention.
Received 23 July 2013
accepted 26 July 2013
Associate Editor: Gabriel A. R. Melo
- Franz, H. 1996. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Pselaphidenfauna von Chile und Argentinien (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 66: 83146.
- Mundaca, E.A., Parra, L.E. & Vargas, H.A. 2013. A new genus and species of leaf miner (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) for Chile associated with Lithraea caustica Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 57: 157164.
Publication Dates
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Publication in this collection
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Date of issue
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History
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Received
23 July 2013 -
Accepted
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