The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the widely used specific name Metochus abbreviatus Scott, 1874, for a species of rhyparochromid bugs from East Asia. The name is threatened by the senior subjective synonym Rhyparochromus erosusWalker, 1872, which has seldom been used since its first publication. Therefore, precedence of the name Metochus abbreviatus Scott, 1874 over Rhyparochromus erosusWalker, 1872 is proposed.
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1 May 2017
Case 3724 — Metochus abbreviatus Scott, 1874 (Insecta, Heteroptera): proposed precedence over Rhyparochromus erosus Walker, 1872 (currently Metochus erosus)
Dávid Rédei,
Előd Kondorosy,
Tadashi Ishikawa,
Berend Aukema,
Harry Brailovsky,
Attilio Carapezza,
Jürgen Deckert,
Pablo Dellapé,
Cuiqing Gao,
Thomas J. Henry,
Sunghoon Jung,
Petr Kment,
Mallik Malipatil,
Jane O'Donnell,
Geoffrey G.E. Scudder,
Masaaki Tomokuni,
Jing-Fu Tsai
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East Asia
Heteroptera
Metochus
Metochus abbreviatus
Metochus erosus
nomenclature
Rhyparochromidae