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Levi, 1962 - Letter of Inquiry to W. E. China

Content:  A letter of enquiry [regarding Theonoe chilensis] to Dr. W. E. China, a specialist on Hemiptera was answered as follows: "Theonoe spiniger Philippi, 1865, Analis de la Universidad de Chile, Vol. 26, p. 654-5 is a nymph (immature stage) of a species of the genus Leptoglossus Guerin, 1830, and is probably Leptoglossus chilensis Spinola, Order Hemiptera, Suborder Heteroptera, Family Coreidae. "Neave was wrong in his Nomenclator to attribute the name to the Coleoptera. The name Theonoe has never been used in either Coleoptera or Hemiptera so that no trouble will be caused by suppressing it in favour of Theonoe Simon, 1881, Arachnida. "It will be quite in order for you to make an application to the Commission through me, explaining the position and requesting the suppression of Theonoe Philippi, 1865. Philippi himself states that it is probably a nymph. He likens his new species T. spiniger, which it type species by monotypy of Theonoe Philippi, to Anisoscelis chilensis Spinola, but the species actually belongs to the allied genus Leptoglossus Guerin, 1830, not to Anisoscelis. The specific name spiniger Philippi, 1865 (page 655) as published in the binomen Theonoe spiniger is, and should be declared, a junior synonym of Leptoglossus chilensis Spinola.

Source of information:  Levi. 1962. Argyrodes Simon, Dipoenura Simon, Robertus O. Pickard-Cambridge and Theonoe Simon (Arachnida, Araneae): proposed preservation under the plenary powers. Z.N.(S.) 1481. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 19:43-47

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