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New substitute name for the genus Napo Shaw, 2012 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae)
1Key Laboratory of Regional Characteristic for Conservation and Utilization of Zoology Resource in Chishui River Basin,; School of life sciences, Zunyi Normal College, Zunyi, Guizhou, P. R. China, 563002;
Abstract:
The braconid genus Napo was established by Shaw (2012) for a single species Napo townsendi Shaw, 2012 from Napo Province, Ecuador. However, the genus name Napo is preoccupied and was initially introduced by Linnavuori & DeLong (1976) for a deltocephalinae leafhopper genus with Napo brazosellus Linnavuori & DeLong, 1976 as the type species (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Thus, the genus Napo Shaw, 2012 is a junior homonym of the genus Napo Linnavuori & DeLong, 1976. According to Article 60 of the ICZN (2015), we propose the new replacement name Yanayacu nom. nov. for Napo Shaw, 2012. The resulting nomenclatural changes are summarized below.

