Acanthidiellum Kirkaldy, 1904 a valid substitute name for the preoccupied Acanthidium Montrouzier, 1858 and Polycarmes Stål, 1868 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)
The generic name Polycarmes Stl, 1868, currently used as a valid name for two species of Pentatomidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha: Pentatomoidea) from New Caledonia, is actually a junior homonym of Polycarmes Gistel, 1834 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The substitute name for it is its only valid junior synonym, Acanthidiellum Kirkaldy, 1904, originally proposed as a new replacement name for Acanthidium Montrouzier, 1858 preoccupied by Acanthidium Lowe, 1839 (Chondrichthyes). The following two new combinations are proposed: Acanthidiellum armigerum (Montrouzier, 1858) comb. nov. and Acanthidiellum punctatissimum (Montrouzier, 1858) comb. nov. A habitus photograph of Acanthidiellum punctatissimum is provided while Acanthidiellum armigerum remains a taxon incertae sedis.
Authors
- Petr Kment (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7026-5691)
- David A. Rider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1989-1873)
- Keith Edkins
Institutions
- Dakota State University (US)
- Wells Fargo (United States) (US)
- National Museum (CZ)
- Weatherford College (US)
- North Dakota State University (US)
- GW Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom) (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-09-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.2.7
- Primary Topic
- Hemiptera Insect Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00