PeerJ (Nov 2015)

Datziinae as a new subfamily name for the unavailable name Protopsychodinae Stebner et al., 2015, (Diptera: Psychodidae)

  • Frauke Stebner,
  • Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer,
  • Sergio Ibáñez-Bernal,
  • Rüdiger Wagner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1423
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3
p. e1423

Abstract

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In a recent paper a new subfamily of Psychodidae was inadequately named Protopsychodinae. This nomenclatural act cannot be considered as a valid name under ICZN regulations because the subfamily name is not based on the type genus Datzia Stebner et al., 2015, and furthermore the fossil genus Protopsychoda Azar et al., 1999 was originally described under the subfamily Psychodinae. Therefore, the new family-group name Datziinae is herein proposed.

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