Kivuiops : A new name for a generic homonym of afrotropical baetidae (Ephemeroptera)

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by  C R Lugo-Ortiz

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Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Science, Christopher Newport University,
47907, U.S.A. (e-mail: mccaffer@ 1 University Place, Newport, VA
purdue.edu); (MDM) Department of 23606 U.S.A. (e-mail: michael.meyer@
Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental cnu.edu)
PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH.
109(3), 2007, pp. 738
Kivuiops: A New Name for a Generic Homonym of Afrotropical
Baetidae (Ephemeroptera)
Lugo-Ortiz and McCafferty (1996) Miincheberg, Germany) for kindly in-
proposed the generic name Kivua for forming us about the sawfly genus Kivua.
two distinct Afrotropical species pre-
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viously assigned to Cloeon Leach and
Rhithrocloeon Gillies (Ephemeroptera: Forsius, R. 1934. On some Tenthredinoidea from
Baetidae). Forsius (1934), however, pre- the Belgian Congo Museum at Tervueren.
Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines
viously used the same generic name for
25: 389-406.
certain sawfly species (Hymenoptera: Lugo-Ortiz, C. R. and McCafferty, W. P. 1996.
Tenthredinidae) from Africa. Because The BiigiUiesia complex of African Baetidae
our generic name was therefore pre- (Ephemeroptera). Transactions of the Ameri-
occupied, we propose the replacement can Entomological Society 122: 175-198.
name Kivuiops (new name) [= Kivua C. R. Lugo-Ortiz and W. P. Mc-
Lugo-Ortiz and McCafferty 1996 (new Cafferty, (CRL) Department ofBiology,
homonym), nee Kivua Forsius 1934]. The Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences,
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two species included in Kivuiops are Interamerican University, San German,
eloucn-di (Gillies) (new combination) and PR 00683, U.S.A. (e-mail: crlol22@
K. in—suetum (Kopelke) (new combina- hotmail.com); (WPM) Department of
tion).. Entomology, Purdue University, West
We sincerely thank Andreas Taeger Lafayette, IN 47907, U.S.A. (e-mail:
(Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, [email protected])