New substitute name for the genus Napo Shaw, 2012 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae)

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by  Dao-Wei Zhang

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New substitute name for the genus Napo Shaw, 2012
(Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae)
DAO-WEI ZHANG 1, 3 & JING CHEN2
1Key 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
2 Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, Guizhou, P. R. China, 563009
3Corresponding author. E-mail:[email protected]
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.
Genus Yanayacu nom. nov.
Napo Shaw, 2012: 102 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae). Preoccupied by Napo Linnavuori & DeLong, 1976: 34
(Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae).
Type species: Napo townsendi Shaw, 2012
Etymology. The genus is named for the type locality, Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador ; gender
masculine.
Yanayacu townsendi (Shaw, 2012) comb. nov.
Napo townsendi Shaw, 2012: 103.
Distribution. Ecuador (Napo Province).
Acknowledgments
We thank Scott R. Shaw, University of Wyoming, and John T. Jennings, University of Adelaide, for valuable comments
on the manuscript. This work was supported by the Guizhou Province Natural Science Foundation ([2014]2014,
[2013]2307).
References
ICZN. (2015) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Adopted by the International Union of Biological
Sciences. On-line Version available from: http://iczn.org/iczn/index.jsp (accessed 3 March 2015)
Linnavuori, R.E. & DeLong, D.M. (1976) New Neotropical leafhoppers from Peru and Bolivia (Homoptera:
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Shaw, S.R. (2012) A new genus and new species of the tribe Dinocampini from Napo Province in Ecuador
(Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae). International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 32 (2), 101–107.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1742758412000112
Accepted by J. Jennings: 5 Mar. 2015; published: 8 Apr. 2015 149
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