Cercopinae Leach, 1815

Dmitriev, Dmitry A., 2020, Nomenclatural changes in the suborders Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera) and Paleorrhyncha (Palaeohemiptera), Zootaxa 4881 (1), pp. 25-53 : 27

Cercopinae Leach, 1815

Cercopini Leach, 1815

† Cercopis giebeli nom.nov.

= Cercopis aurata Giebel, 1862a: 314 (from Oligocene) primary homonym of Bolidiana aurata ( Fabricius, 1787a: 274) (original genus Cercopis ; from Brazil)

Etymology: Named in honor of Christoph Giebel (1820–1881), a German zoologist and palaeontologist.

Notes: ICZN Article 23.9.5 requires “when an author discovers that a species-group name in use is a junior primary homonym of another species-group name also in use, but the names apply to taxa not considered congeneric after 1899, the author must not automatically replace the junior homonym; the case should be referred to the Commission for a ruling under the plenary power...” However, according to the ICZN wiki (http: //iczn.ansp.org/wiki/ Article24), this article of the Code should only be applied to frequently used names (for which it is easy to find 25 publications in the sense of Article 23.9.2.). Since Cercopis aurata Giebel, 1862 is not a frequently used name, a new replacement name is proposed here.