A New Name For A Homonym In Jembrana (Homoptera, Cercopoidea, Aphrophoridae)

1 Pages·1995·0.4 MB·English

by  A P Liang

PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH.
97(4), 1995, p. 887
Note
A New Name For A Homonym In Jembrana
(Homoptera: Cercopoidea, Aphrophoridae)
In 1992 Chou, Yuan, and Liang pub- Jembrana wangi (as J. forcipenis Chou
lished an article in which the name Jem- and Liang, In Chou, I., Yuan, F and Liang,
branaforcipenis Chou and Liang was used A.-R, 1992: 235, 236, 242, fig. 2) was de-
for two different new species. This error scribed from three males from Sichuan
was made by the printer and was not cor- (Nanping: Jiuzhaigou) and Shaanxi (Wug-
rected by the authors because they did not ong) in China. The replacement name is a
see proofs of the article before publication. patronym to honor the collector of the ho-
To correct this unfortunate mistake I pro- lotype of this spittlebug, Mr. Suiyong
pose the following replacement name for Wang. The holotype is housed in the Insect
the second species. Collection of the Institute of Zoology, Ac-
ademia Sinica, Beijing, China.
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Jembrana wangi Liang, New Name Acknowledgments. I thank Dr. Lee
Jembrana forcipenis Chou and Liang, In Herman of the Department of Entomology,
Chou, I., Yuan, F. and Liang, A.-R, 1992: American Museum ofNatural History, New
235, 236 (Chinese), 242 (English), fig. 2 York, for his kind help during the prepara-
In Chen, S. X., ed.. Insects of the Heng- tion of this report.
duan Mountains Region, Science Press,
Beijing, pp. 234-242. [preoccupied by Ai-Ping Liang, Roosevelt Research Fel-
Jembranaforcipenis Chou and Liang, In low, Department ofEntomology, American
Chou, I., Yuan, F and Liang, A.-R, 1992: Museum ofNatural History, Central Park
235 (Chinese), 241, 242 (English), fig. 1 West at 79th Street, New York, New York
In Chen, S. X., ed.. Insects of the Heng- 10024, USA and Institute ofZoology, Aca-
duan Mountains Region, Science Rress, demia Sinica, 19Zhongguancun Lu, Beijing
Beijing, pp. 234-242.] 100080, PR China.