Replacement Name For Sumitrosis championi (Weise) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Hispinae)

1 Pages·1993·0.27 MB·English

by  C L Staines

PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH.
95(2), 1993, p. 297
Note
Replacement name for Sumitrosis championi (Weise)
(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Hispinae)
My reassignment of Anisostena cham- flavipes(Champion, 1894)asasynonymbut
pioni (Baly, 1885) to Sumitrosis (Proceed- this name is not available because ofhom-
ings ofthe Entomological Society ofWash- onymy with S. flavipes (Germar, 1824), a
ington 93: 867-878, 1991) created synonym of5". inaequalis (Weber, 1801). I
homonymy with S. championi (Weise, hearby propose Sumitrosis weisei NOMEN
NOVUM
1911). According to the International Code to replace S. championi (Weise).
ofZoological Nomenclature (1985 ed.) the
C. L. Staines, 3302 Decker Place, Edge-
older name is valid and the more recent water, Maryland 21037.
name is ajunior secondary homonym (Art.
57). Sumitrosis championi (Weise) has S.