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_____________Mun. Ent. Zool. Vol. 3, No. 2, June 2008__________ 677
SUBSTITUTE NAMES FOR SOME PREOCCUPIED
LONGHORNED BEETLES GENUS GROUP NAMES DESCRIBED
BY S. BREUNING (COLEOPTERA: CERAMBYCIDAE)
Hüseyin Özdikmen*
* Gazi Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Biyoloji Bölümü, 06500 Ankara / TÜRKİYE, e-
mail: ozdikmen@gazi.edu.tr
[Özdikmen, H. 2008. Substitute names for some preoccupied longhorned beetles genus
group names described by S. Breuning (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Munis Entomology &
Zoology 3 (2): 677-681]
ABSTRACT: Six junior homonym genus group names were detected among the longhorned
beetle genus group names. All names were described by S. Breuning. So, the following
replacement names are herein proposed: Mindanaona nom. nov. for Brachyelasma
Breuning, 1958; Novorondonia nom. nov. for Rondonia Breuning, 1962; Papuanomenyllus
nom. nov. for Paramenyllus Breuning, 1978; Hefferniella nom. nov. for Parazelota
Breuning, 1938; Mustafaia nom. nov. for Shelfordia Breuning, 1954 and Zambiana nom.
nov. for Trichexocentroides Breuning, 1979.
KEY WORDS: nomenclatural change, homonymy, replacement name, Coleoptera,
Cerambycidae, Lamiinae.
Family CERAMBYCIDAE
Subfamily LAMIINAE
Genus MINDANAONA nom. nov.
Brachyelasma Breuning, 1958. Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg. 34 no. 22: 19. (Insecta:
Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae). Preoccupied by Brachyelasma Lang, Smith &
Thomas, 1940. Index of Palaeozoic Coral Genera, 28. (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Rugosa:
Stauriida: Streptelasmatidae: Streptelasmatinae).
Remarks on nomenclatural change: Breuning (1958) described a
longhorned beetle genus Brachyelasma with the type species
Brachyelasma mindanaonis Breuning, 1958 in the subfamily Lamiinae.
Unfortunately, the generic name was already preoccupied by Lang, Smith
& Thomas (1940), who had described the fossil coral genus
Brachyelasma in Anthozoa. It is still used as a valid genus name. Thus,
the genus group name Brachyelasma Breuning, 1958 is a junior
homonym of the generic name Brachyelasma Lang, Smith & Thomas,
1940. So I propose a new replacement name Mindanaona nom. nov. for
Brachyelasma Breuning, 1958.
Etymology: from the name of Mindanao Island in Philippines.
Summary of nomenclatural changes:
Mindanaona nom. nov.
pro Brachyelasma Breuning, 1958 (non Lang, Smith & Thomas, 1940)
Mindanaona mindanaonis (Breuning, 1958) comb. nov.
from Brachyelasma mindanaonis Breuning, 1958
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678
Genus NOVORONDONIA nom. nov.
Rondonia Breuning, 1962. Bull. Soc. r. Sci. nat. Laos No. 3: 7. (Insecta: Coleoptera:
Cerambycidae : Lamiinae). Preoccupied by Rondonia Travassos, 1920. Rev. vet. zootech.
Rio de Janeiro, 1919, 62. (Nematoda : Atractidae).
Remarks on nomenclatural change: The genus Rondonia was
erected by Travassos, 1920 with the type species Rondonia rondoni
Travassos, 1920 in Nematoda. The genus is still used as a valid name in
the family Atractidae. Later, the longhorned beetle genus name Rondonia
was proposed by Breuning, 1962 with the type species Rondonia
ropicoides Breuning, 1962 in the family Cerambycidae. However, the
genus group name Rondonia Breuning, 1962 is invalid under the law of
homonymy, being a junior homonym of the genus Rondonia Travassos,
1920. So I propose to substitute the junior homonym name Rondonia
Breuning, 1962 for the name Novorondonia nom. nov.
Etymology: from the Latin word “nova” (meaning “new” in English) +
current genus name.
Summary of nomenclatural changes:
Novorondonia nom. nov.
pro Rondonia Breuning, 1962 (non Travassos, 1920)
Novorondonia ropicoides (Breuning, 1962) comb. nov.
from Rondonia ropicoides Breuning, 1962
Novorondonia bisignata (Hayashi, 1976) comb. nov.
from Rondonia bisignata Hayashi, 1976
Genus MIMOMENYLLUS Breuning, 1973
Subgenus PAPUANOMENYLLUS nom. nov.
Paramenyllus Breuning, 1978. Miscelanea zool. Barcelona 4 (2): 135. (Insecta: Coleoptera:
Cerambycidae: Lamiinae). Preoccupied by Paramenyllus Breuning, 1938. Festschr. E.
Strand, 4, 360. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae).
Remarks on nomenclatural change: The generic name
Paramenyllus Breuning, 1938 was proposed for a genus of longhorned
beetle family Cerambycidae with the type species Paramenyllus
albolateralis Breuning, 1938. Subsequently, the genus group name
Paramenyllus Breuning, 1978 was introduced for a new longhorned
beetle subgenus (with the type species Mimomenyllus (Paramenyllus)
ochreithorax Breuning, 1978 by original designation and monotypy).
Thus, the subgenus Paramenyllus Breuning, 1978 is a junior homonym of
the generic name Paramenyllus Breuning, 1938. So I propose for the
subgenus name Paramenyllus Breuning, 1978 the new replacement name
Papuanomenyllus nom. nov.
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Etymology: from Papua New Guinea that is the distributional area of the
subgenus Paramenyllus Breuning, 1978.
Summary of nomenclatural changes:
Genus Mimomenyllus Breuning, 1973
Subgenus Papuanomenyllus nom. nov.
pro Paramenyllus Breuning, 1978 (non Breuning, 1938)
Mimomenyllus (Papuanomenyllus) ochreithorax (Breuning, 1978) comb. nov.
from Mimomenyllus (Paramenyllus) ochreithorax Breuning, 1978
Genus PSEUDOZELOTA Breuning, 1936
Subgenus HEFFERNIELLA nom. nov.
Parazelota Breuning, 1938. Festschr. E. Strand, 4, 208. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae:
Lamiinae). Preoccupied by Parazelota Meyrick, 1913. Ann. Transvaal Mus., 3, 319. (Insecta:
Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae: Yponomeutinae).
Remarks on nomenclatural change: The longhorned beetle
Parazelota Breuning, 1938 was established for a subgenus of the genus
Pseudozelota Breuning, 1936 with the type species Acanthocacia
punctipennis Schwarzer, 1930 in the family Cerambycidae. Nevertheless
the name Parazelota is already occupied. Meyrick (1913) proposed a
moth genus name Parazelota with the type species Parazelota dryotoma
Meyrick, 1913 by monotypy for Lepidoptera. Thus the longhorned beetle
subgenus Parazelota Breuning, 1938 is a junior homonym of Parazelota
Meyrick, 1913 (Lep.: Yponomeutidae). I suggest here that the name
Hefferniella should be erected as a replacement name for Parazelota
Breuning, 1938.
Etymology: The subgenus name is dedicated to Daniel J. Heffern (USA).
Summary of nomenclatural changes:
Genus Pseudozelota Breuning, 1936
Subgenus Hefferniella nom. nov.
pro Parazelota Breuning, 1938 (non Meyrick, 1913)
Pseudozelota (Hefferniella) mima (Breuning, 1938) comb. nov.
from Pseudozelota (Parazelota) mima Breuning, 1938
= Parazelota mima Breuning, 1938
Pseudozelota (Hefferniella) punctipennis (Schwarzer, 1930) comb. nov.
from Pseudozelota (Parazelota) punctipennis (Schwarzer, 1930)
= Acanthocacia punctipennis Schwarzer, 1930
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Genus ENTELOPES Guérin-Méneville, 1844
Subgenus MUSTAFAIA nom. nov.
Shelfordia Breuning, 1954. Ent. Arb. Mus. Frey, 5, 479. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae:
Lamiinae). Preoccupied by Shelfordia Cameron, 1902. J. Straits Asiat. Soc., 37, 35. (Insecta:
Hymenoptera: Apocrita: Ichneumonoidea: Braconidae).
Remarks on nomenclatural change: The name Shelfordia was
initially introduced by Macquart, 1851 for a genus of the bees family
Braconidae. Subsequently, Breuning, 1954 described a longhorned beetle
subgenus Shelfordia for the genus Entelopes Guérin-Méneville, 1844
under the same generic name (with the type species Entelopes shelfordi
Aurivillius, 1923). Thus, the genus group name Shelfordia Breuning, 1954
is a junior homonym of the genus Shelfordia Cameron, 1902
(Hymenoptera). So I propose a new replacement name Mustafaia nom.
nov. for the subgenus name Shelfordia Breuning, 1954.
Etymology: The subgenus name is dedicated to Mustafa Darılmaz
(Turkey).
Summary of nomenclatural changes:
Genus Entelopes Guérin-Méneville, 1844
Subgenus Mustafaia nom. nov.
Pro Shelfordia Breuning, 1954 (non Cameron, 1902; nec Stummer-Traunfels,
1902)
Entelopes (Mustafaia) fuscotarsalis (Breuning, 1954) comb. nov.
from Entelopes (Shelfordia) fuscotarsalis Breuning, 1954
= Entelopes fuscotarsalis Breuning, 1954
Entelopes (Mustafaia) shelfordi (Aurivillius, 1923) comb. nov.
from Entelopes (Shelfordia) shelfordi (Aurivillius, 1923)
= Entelopes shelfordi Aurivillius, 1923
Genus ZAMBIANA nom. nov.
Trichexocentroides Breuning, 1979. Bulletin Soc. ent. Mulhouse 1979 (juillet-septembre):
46. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae). Preoccupied by Trichexocentroides
Breuning, 1957. Faune Madagascar 4: 236. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae).
Remarks on nomenclatural change: The African longhorned beetle
genus name Trichexocentroides was proposed by Breuning (1979) as an
objective replacement name for the genus Trichexocentrus Breuning,
1978 in the family Cerambycidae. The type species of this monotypic
genus is Trichexocentrus usambaricus Breuning, 1978. Nevertheless the
name Trichexocentroides is already occupied. Since Breuning (1957)
described a Madagascaran subgenus with the name Trichexocentroides,
for the genus Exocentroides Breuning, 1957 with the type species
Exocentroides (Trichexocentroides) flavipennis Breuning, 1957 for
Cerambycidae. Thus the genus name Trichexocentroides Breuning, 1979
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is a junior homonym of Trichexocentroides Breuning, 1957. I suggest here
that the name Zambiana should be erected as a replacement name for
Trichexocentroides Breuning, 1979.
Etymology: from Zambia that is a republic in E Africa formed in 1964 by
the merger of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, is distributional area of the
genus.
Summary of nomenclatural changes:
Zambiana nom. nov.
pro Trichexocentroides Breuning, 1979 (non Breuning, 1957)
Zambiana usambaricus (Breuning, 1978) comb. nov.
from Trichexocentroides usambaricus (Breuning, 1978)
= Trichexocentrus usambaricus Breuning, 1978
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