FORELIA JAPONENSIS NOM. N., A NEW REPLACEMENT NAME FOR THE WATER MITE FORELIA ORIENTALIS TUZOVSKIJ, 2003 (ACARIFORMES: HYDRACHNIDIA: PIONIDAE)

Authors

  • P. V. Tuzovskij Institute for Biology of Inland Waters of the Russian Academy of Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33910/1999-4079-2012-4-1-17

Keywords:

water mites, Pionidae, Forelia, replacement name

Abstract

A new replacement name, japonensis nom. n., is proposed for orientalis Tuzovskij, 2003 because Forelia orientalis Tuzovskij, 2003 appeared to be junior homonym of Forelia orientalis Lundblad, 1969.

References

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Fourth Edition. Adopted by the International Union of Biological Sciences. La Garangola, Padova. 306 pp.

Lundblad O., 1969. Indische Wassermilben, Hauptsächlich von Hinterindien. Arkiv för Zoologi, 22 (10): 289-443.

Tuzovskij, P.V. 2003. Two new water mite species of the subfamily Hygrobatoidea from Japan (Acariformes: Hydrachnidia). Zoosystematica Rossica, 12 (1): 49-54.

Published

2012-03-30

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