Carolaia Cadena-Castañeda, 2025, nom. nov.
Genus Carolaia nom. nov. Type species. Caroliniella rosea Cadena-Castañeda, 2015, here designated. Carolaia nom. nov. is proposed as an objective replacement name for Caroliniella Cadena-Castañeda, 2015 preoccupied, as it is a junior homonym of Caroliniella Blair, 1940 (:149) (Coleoptera: Cerambicidae). Etymology. The original dedicatory to my wife Carolina Cortes is preserved. The ending - aia refers to its closeness to the genus Ceraia Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891. The gender of the name is being established as feminine. Carolaia rosea (Cadena-Castañeda, 2015) n. comb. Colombia. Carolaia pichincha (Gorochov, 2017) n. comb. Ecuador.
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2025-03-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15035786
- Primary Topic
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00