Pentastirini Emeljanov, 1971

Dmitriev, Dmitry A., 2020, Nomenclatural changes in the suborders Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera) and Paleorrhyncha (Palaeohemiptera), Zootaxa 4881 (1), pp. 25-53 : 42

Pentastirini Emeljanov, 1971

Oliarus vanstallei nom.nov.

= Oliarus muiri Van Stalle, 1991a: 38 (from Indonesia) primary homonym of Oliarus muiri Giffard, 1925: 66 (from Hawaii)

Etymology: The species is named in honor of Jan Van Stalle, an entomologist who specialized in Auchenorrhyncha, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Science, Belgium.

Oliarus opalinulus nom.nov.

Oliarus opalinus Fennah, 1945a: 421 (from Venezuela) primary homonym of Oliarus roridus var. opalinus Fieber, 1876a: 202 (synonym of Pentastira major Kirschbaum, 1868b: 44 ; from Europe)

Etymology: The name is derived from Oliarus opalinus Fennah, 1945 , from English opaline + -ulus, a diminutive suffix. Treated as a noun in apposition.

Notes: The junior homonym could not be preserved under ICZN article 23.9 since the senior homonym was widely used as a valid subspecies name after 1899 and the junior homonym was not used as valid in 25 works, published by at least 10 authors.

Oliparisca spectabilis nom.nov.

= Oliparisca inermis ( Van Stalle, 1991a: 76) (original genus Oliarus ; from Indonesia) primary homonym of Pentastiridius inermis (Fennah, 1957) (original genus Oliarus ; from Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Etymology: from Latin adjective spectabilis , noteworthy, outstanding

Pentastiridius (Haliarus) signatus ( Fieber, 1876) reinstated, comb.nov.

= Pentastiridius (Haliarus) obscurus ( Signoret, 1865a: 127) (from Europe) primary homonym of Cixius obscurus Walker, 1851a: 347 (synonym of Achaemenes australis ( Walker, 1851a: 345) ; from Natal)

Notes: The primary homonym Reptalus obscurus (Signoret) is replaced with a substitute name, a junior synonym Pentastiridius (Haliarus) signatus ( Fieber, 1876) .