28 de maio de 2021

The new Melittia genera changes in nomenclature.

Eichlinia Gorbunov 2020c:277 [Aegeria cucurbitae Harris 1828, original designation]
N,NL_Eichlinia calabaza (Duckworth & Eichlin 1973b:151), Melittia
N,NL_Eichlinia cucurbitae (Harris 1828:33), Aegeria
_________satyriniformis (Hübner [1827-1831]:17)
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_____ceto (Westwood 1848:62), Trochilium
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_____amoena (Edwards 1882a:53)
NL
Eichlinia eichlini (Friedlander 1986:278), Melittia
NL_Eichlinia faulkneri (Eichlin 1992:141), Melittia
NL
Eichlinia gilberti (Eichlin 1992:140), Melittia
N,NL_Eichlinia gloriosa (Edwards 1880:71), Melittia
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_______superba (Barnes & Lindsey 1922:122) [nec Melittia superba Rothschild 1909]; junior primary homonym of Melittia superba Rothschild 1909
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_____barnesi (Dalla Torre 1925:138); replacement name for Melittia superba Barnes & Lindsey 1922
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_____lindseyi (Barnes & Benjamin 1925:14); replacement name for Melittia superba Barnes & Lindsey 1922
N,NL_Eichlinia grande (Strecker 1881:156), Trochilium [nec Melittia grandis Hampson [1893]] {grandis}
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_____beckeri (Druce 1892:276), Melitta [sic]
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_____var. hermosa (Engelhardt 1946:186)
(?)N,NLEichlinia khmer (Le Cerf 1917:161), Melittia
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______chmer (Hampson 1919:93); incorrect emendation
N,NL_Eichlinia magnifica (Beutenmüller 1900a:151), Melittia
NL
Eichlinia pulchripes (Walker 1856:67), Melittia
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___Eichlinia pulchripes pulchripes (Walker 1856)
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_____satyriniformis auct. [nec Hübner [1827-1831]]
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_____riograndensis Brethes 1920:284
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____Eichlinia pulchripes dangeloi (Köhler 1941:10), Melittia
N,NL_Eichlinia snowii Edwards 1882a:53

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27 de maio de 2021

Melittia becomes Eichlinia

Apparently, all Melittia in the Western Hemisphere has been replaced by Eichlinia by Gorbunov, 2020.

Russian Entomol. J. 29(3): 276–284 © RUSSIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL JOURNAL, 2020 Establishment of Eichlinia gen.n. for the Western hemisphere Melittiini (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), with a catalogue of the genus.

This means that all Melittia species become Eichlinia. Named after the late Dr. Tom Eichlin who spent years working on Sesiidae.

Posted on 27 de maio de 2021, 01:44 PM by taftw taftw | 0 comentários | Deixar um comentário

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