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Rubiconia intermedia |
| Subspecies No subspecies are recognized. Original description Synonyms Cydnus intermedius Wolff, 1811 Rubiconia
intermedia (Wolff, 1811)
Pentatoma lunatum
Herrich-Schaeffer, 1833Pentatoma lunatus
(Herrich-Schaeffer, 1833) (nec Hahn, 1835)
(junior secondary homonym in Pentatoma) (see
note)
Pentatoma neglectum
Herrich-Schaeffer,
1853:156 (nomen nudum) (see note below)Eysarcoris sahlbergi Stal, 1858 Rubiconia intermedia mihalyii Halaszfy, 1955 Note: there is discussion about the identity of the taxon Pentatoma neglectum. This taxon is mentioned in the Index of Herrich-Schaeffer´s work (Herrich-Schaeffer 1853) with the short note "neglectum v. intermedium" and several authors have riddled about the meaning of this "description". Rider (2006) suggest that this was supposed to be a new name for intermedium. However, this is incorrect, because the "v." stands for "vide" (latin for "see") and this format has been used by Herrich-Schaeffer throughout the book to denote synonyms. Usually, these synonyms are then listed again under the name where the reader is pointed to by the word "vide". However, in this case there is no listing of neglectum under the entry of intermedium. This is probably an error, and because the book does not contain an errata page, this error remained uncorrected. Unfortunately, Herrich-Schaeffer also omits an author reference behind neglectum, thus the authorship of this name remains obscure and I therefore consider it as a nomen nudum attributed to Herrich-Schaeffer. Note: Herrich-Schaeffer (1853) confuses his own Pentatoma lunatum (described in 1833) with Hahn´s Eysarcoris lunatus (described in 1835). He lists "Pentatoma lunatum" as "m." (="mihi", Latin for "my, mine"), but then goes on and writes "Dall. (Eysarc.) Grm. II. 127. 208.", which is a reference to Hahn´s description as listed in Dallas (1852). He thus appears to synonymize the two names, probably because both have the species epithet "lunatus/lunatum". Interestingly, Herrich-Schaeffer gives the reference to part II of Dallas´ list of hemipterans (Dallas 1852), but the numbers that he gives ("127. 208.") refer to the page and the figure number in Hahn (1835). The entire entry is therefore full of confused data. The case is problematic, because by synonymizing the two taxa he also places both in the same genus, Pentatoma. Hahn´s name thus becomes a junior secondary homonym, and this would threaten the validity of lunatus as the species epithet of the species Staria lunata. However, neither of the two taxa is currently placed in Pentatoma and they are not regarded as congeneric. Therefore, the junior homonym is not invalid (see Article 59.2 of the Code (ICZN 1999)). Identification Distribution Biology This page has been updated on March 13, 2013 This site is online since May 31, 2005 Copyright © by Nikola-Michael Prpic-Schäper. All rights reserved. |
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