PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH. 100(3). IW8. pp. 449-457 NOMENCLATURAL CHANGES IN THE PENTATOMOIDEA (HEMIPTERA-HETEROPTERA: CYDNIDAE, PENTATOMIDAE). H. SPECIES LEVEL CHANGES D. A. Rider Department of Entomology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105, U.S.A. (e-mail:
[email protected]). Abstract. — Numerous species level nomenclatural problems in the Pentatomoidea (Het-eroptera) are discussed and corrected. These corrections have necessitated nine specific replacement names: Carbula linnavuorii for C. litigatrix: Linnavuori, 1975 (not Kirkaldy 1909); C. nigricornis schoutedeni for C. n. ohtusangiila Schouteden, 1916; Dalpada neoclavata for Cimex clavatus Fabricius, 1798; Diploxys cachani for D. bimaciilata Ca-chan, 1952; Eysarcoris distant! for Neocarbiila capitatus Distant, 1918; Menida parva for Rhaphigaster pan'uhts Signoret, 1858; Menida versicoloratus for Peutntanui versi-color Palisot de Beauvois, 181 1; Pentatoma zhengi for P. vetwsa Zheng and Ling, 1983; and Riinibea dallasi for Pentatoma pro.xima Dallas, 1851. Key Words: nomenclature, systematics, Heteroptera, Pentatomoidea, Pentatomidae, Cyd-nidae While preparing a catalog of the Penta-tomidae of the World, I have found many nomenclatural problems. Interestingly, a re-viewer of an earlier paper concerning no-menclatural changes in the Pentatomidae (Rider and Rolston 1995) commented that his biggest surprise was that there were not more problems to be corrected. Since the above paper, another paper on nomencla-tural changes already has been published (Rider 1997); two others soon will appear in print (Rider 1998, Rider and Fischer 1998). In the present paper, I address a number of species level nomenclatural problems. The problems dealt with in this paper are strictly of a nomenclatural nature. I do not intend to validate the taxonomy involved with the current problems. If current work-ers are cortect taxonomically in their recent papers, then the names should be as pro-posed herein. Cydnid.^e: Cydninae Pangaeus serripes (Westwood 1837), revised status Cimex aethiops Fabricius 1787: 296 (pri-mary junior homonym of Cimex aethiops Goeze 1778, Scutelleridae) Cydiitis serripes Westwood 1837: 19; Stal 1876: 26. Aethiis margo Dallas 1851: 116. Pangaeus aethiops: Stal 1868: 7. Pangoeiis [sic] serripes: Signoret 1882: 247, pi. 8 fig. 106. Pangaeus serripes: Uhler 1886: 3; Lethier-ry and Severin 1893: 70. Pangaeus (Pangaeus) aethiops: Froeschner 1960: 479, 504-507, figs. 14, 24, 46, 103, 127, 155, 177, 235. Goeze's ( 1778) description of Cimex ae-thiops predates Fabricius' (1787) usage of the same name by nine years. Cimex ae-thiops Goeze currently is considered to be
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