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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2015-04-08
Page range: 149–149
Abstract views: 49
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New substitute name for the genus Napo Shaw, 2012 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae)

Key Laboratory of Regional Characteristic for Conservation and Utilization of Zoology Resource in Chishui River Basin,; School of life sciences, Zunyi Normal College, Zunyi, Guizhou, P. R. China, 563002
Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, Guizhou, P. R. China, 563009
Hymenoptera Braconidae Euphorinae

Abstract

The braconid genus Napo was established by Shaw (2012) for a single species Napo townsendi Shaw, 2012 from Napo Province, Ecuador. However, the genus name Napo is preoccupied and was initially introduced by Linnavuori & DeLong (1976) for a deltocephalinae leafhopper genus with Napo brazosellus Linnavuori & DeLong, 1976 as the type species (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Thus, the genus Napo Shaw, 2012 is a junior homonym of the genus Napo Linnavuori & DeLong, 1976. According to Article 60 of the ICZN (2015), we propose the new replacement name Yanayacu nom. nov. for Napo Shaw, 2012. The resulting nomenclatural changes are summarized below.