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Corresponding author: Marius S. Wasbauer ( mwasb@600amps.com ) Academic editor: Michael Ohl
© 2019 Marius S. Wasbauer, Lynn S. Kimsey.
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Wasbauer MS, Kimsey LS (2019) Homonymy in Pompilidae: The case of Balboana Banks (Pompilinae, Priochilini). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 74: 47-50. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.74.38414
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The pompilid genus Balboana Banks, 1944 is preoccupied by Uvarov, 1939. A new replacement name, Braunilla Wasbauer and Kimsey is proposed and a species checklist included.
Balboa, Tettigoniidae, Rhyparochromidae
In 1925, Nathan Banks published the generic name Balboa for a spider wasp species from “America Meridionalis”. Later he became aware that Balboa already been used by
Type repositories listed below include:
CAMBRIDGE Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA;
COPENHAGEN Zoologisk Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark;
ITHACA Cornell University Insect Collection, Ithaca, New York, USA;
LONDON The Natural History Museum, London, England;
WASHINGTON U. S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., USA.
Balboa
Balboana Banks 1944: 102. Replacement name for Balboa
Braunilla Wasbauer & Kimsey. Replacement name for Balboana Banks, 1944. Nec Uvarov, 1939 (Balboana tibialis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895, Tettigoniidae).
Braunilla is a small genus of Neotropical pompilids in the subfamily Pompilinae, tribe Priochilini (
Nothing is known about the biology of any of the species in the genus.
Braunilla auripennis (Fabricius). Panama, Guyana.
Pompilus auripennis Fabricius 1804: 192. Syntype females; America Meridionalis (=South America) (COPENHAGEN).
Pompilus chiriquensis Cameron 1893: 201. Holotype female; Panama: Bugaba (LONDON). Synonymized by
Pompilus moorei Cameron 1912: 424. Holotype female; British Guyana: Demerara (LONDON). Synonymized by Banks 1944.
Procnemis (Balboa) barbouri
Braunilla cameroni (Evans). Costa Rica, Panama.
Balboana cameroni
Braunilla elegans (Banks). Bolivia.
Balboana elegans
Braunilla fenestralis (Banks). Bolivia?
Balboana fenestralis
Braunilla fulvipes (Banks). Guyana.
Balboana fulvipes Banks 1944; Holotype female; Guyana: Cuyni-Mazaruni, Kartabo (CAMBRIDGE).
Braunilla manifestata (F. Smith). northern South America.
Agenia manifestata F.
Balboana manifestata Banks, 1944. Incorrectly attributed to Banks (
Braunilla nayaritana (Evans). Mexico.
Balboana nayaritana
Braunilla nigrina Banks. Brazil.
Balboana nigrina
Braunilla pulchella (Evans). Panama.
Balboana pulchella
Braunilla tarsalis (Cameron). Guatemala.
Pseudagenia tarsalis Cameron 1897: 372. Holotype female; Guatemala: Purula, Vera Paz (LONDON?).
We are grateful to Holger Braun for pointing out the homonymy in this name, which led to the entertainment of discovering how many homonyms this small obscure genus had accrued. Thanks also to the reviewers for their suggestions.