The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the specific name of Metochus abbreviatus Scott, 1874 for a species of rhyparochromid bug by giving it precedence over the senior subjective synonym Rhyparochromus erosusWalker, 1872.
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30 April 2019
Opinion 2433 (Case 3724) – Metochus abbreviatus Scott, 1874 (Insecta, Heteroptera): conditional precedence given over Rhyparochromus erosus Walker, 1872 (currently Metochus erosus)
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East Asia
Heteroptera
Metochus
Metochus abbreviatus
Metochus erosus
nomenclature
Rhyparochromidae