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Issue: Vol. 2660 No. 1: 28 Oct. 2010
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2010-10-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2660.1.6
Page range: 68
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 3

Axonopsis kermanica nom. n., a new replacement name for the water mite A. iranica Pešić & Asadi, 2010 (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Aturidae)

Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Acari Hydrachnidia Aturidae

Abstract

Recently, we published the name Axonopsis (Hexaxonopsis) iranica Pešić & Asadi, 2010, for a new species of water mites of the family Aturidae from Kerman Province, Iran (Asadi et al. 2010). Unfortunately, this name was already preoccupied by Pešić et al. (2009) for Axonopsis (Vicinaxonopsis) iranica Pesic, Jabaleh & Saboori, 2009, thus, the specific name A. iranica Pešić & Asadi, 2010 is a junior homonym that should be replaced by a new name (ICZN 1999). We propose a new name, Axonopsis kermanica nom. n., for the binomen Axonopsis iranica Pešić & Asadi, 2010.

References

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