A new name for <i>Agromyza flava</i> Sousa &amp; Couri (Diptera: Agromyzidae)

SOUSA, VIVIANE R. DE; COURI, MÁRCIA S.

doi:10.1590/0001-3765201720170102

ABSTRACT

A new name Agromyza pauciflava nom. nov. is proposed for Agromyza flava Sousa & Couri.

Key words:
Agromyzidae; name correction; nomenclature; taxonomy

AGROMYZA PAUCIFLAVA NOM. NOV.

In recent publication, Agromyza flava was described from Brazil (Sousa and Couri 2016), however, the specific name was a mistake, as it was already preoccupied by Agromyza flava Meigen. This species was originally described in Agromyza Fallén genus (Meigen 1830MEIGEN JW. 1830. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten, Sechster Theil, Schulzische Buchhandlung, Hamm, XI + 404 p., Tab. 55-60.) from Paris, but later was transferred to Chyromyidae by Becker (1902BECKER T. 1902. Die Meigen’schen Typen der sogen. Muscidae acalypterae (Muscaria holometopa) in Paris und Wien. Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 2: 209-256, 289-320, 337-349.). This note proposes to replace A. flava Sousa & Couri by Agromyza pauciflava nom. nov.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are very grateful to Dr. Michael von Tschirnhaus (Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany) for having warned us that the name of taxon was preoccupied and for giving us the belonging references.

REFERENCES

BECKER T. 1902. Die Meigen’schen Typen der sogen. Muscidae acalypterae (Muscaria holometopa) in Paris und Wien. Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 2: 209-256, 289-320, 337-349.
MEIGEN JW. 1830. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten, Sechster Theil, Schulzische Buchhandlung, Hamm, XI + 404 p., Tab. 55-60.
SOUSA VR AND COURI MS. 2016. New Agromyza Fallén (Diptera, Agromyzidae) from Brazil and a key for the Neotropical species. An Acad Bras Cienc 88: 2017-2028.

Publication Dates

Publication in this collection
17 Aug 2017
Date of issue
Jul-Sep 2017

History

Received
10 Feb 2017
Accepted
03 May 2017

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[1] BECKER T. 1902. Die Meigen’schen Typen der sogen. Muscidae acalypterae (Muscaria holometopa) in Paris und Wien. Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 2: 209-256, 289-320, 337-349.

[2] MEIGEN JW. 1830. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten, Sechster Theil, Schulzische Buchhandlung, Hamm, XI + 404 p., Tab. 55-60.

[3] SOUSA VR AND COURI MS. 2016. New Agromyza Fallén (Diptera, Agromyzidae) from Brazil and a key for the Neotropical species. An Acad Bras Cienc 88: 2017-2028.

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