NOTA CIENTÍFICA

Lacertinella, a replacement name for Lacertina Remes Lenicov & Rossi Batiz, 2011. (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae)

Lacertinella, un nuevo nombre para Lacertina Remes Lenicov & Rossi Batiz, 2011. (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae)

Rossi Batiz María F. & Ana M. Marino De Remes Lenicov

División Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque S/Nº(B1900FW). La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. e-mail mfrb@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar

Recibido: 5-XI-2012;
Aceptado: 12-XI-2012

RESUMEN: Se propone Lacertinella como nombre de reemplazo para Lacertina Remes Lenicov & Rossi Batiz, 2011, debido a que es homónimo junior de Lacertina Meuschen, 1776 (Reptilia).

PALABRAS CLAVE:   Lacertinella; Nombre de reemplazo; Homonimia; Lacertina.

ABSTRACT: Lacertinella is proposed as a replacement name for Lacertina Remes Lenicov & Rossi Batiz, 2011 junior homonym of Lacertina Meuschen, 1776 (Reptilia).

KEY WORDS: Lacertinella; Replacement name; Homonymy; Lacertina.

The genus Lacertina was described by Remes Lenicov & Rossi Batiz (2011) to include a new species of Saccharosydnini from Argentina, ignoring that this name had a senior homonym, Lacertina Meuschen (1778), that corresponds to an amphibious genus from New Zealand. Although this name belongs to an amphibious, in the Nomenclator Zoologicus it is referred as belonging to a reptile.
Lacertinella is here proposed as a replacement name for Lacertina Remes Lenicov & Rossi Batiz, 2011 (Insecta: Hemiptera), to include a single species: Lacertinella australis (Remes Lenicov & Rossi Batiz, 2011) new combination.
The generic name Lacertinella (feminine gender) comes from the Latin word "lacertian" plus the diminutive suffix -ella referring to its resemblance to small lizards because of its flat and elongate head.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We thank Jacek Szwedo (Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) who noticed this homonymy.

LITERATURE CITED

1. MEUSCHEN, F. C. 1778. Museum Gronovianum, Lugdunum Batavorum, 280pp.         [ Links ]

2. ROSSI BATIZ, M. F. & A. M. MARINO DE REMES LENICOV. 2011. A new genus and species of Saccharosydnini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae) from Argentina. Zootaxa. 3118: 62-68.         [ Links ]