Opsiini Emeljanov, 1962

Dmitriev, Dmitry A., 2020, Nomenclatural changes in the suborders Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera) and Paleorrhyncha (Palaeohemiptera), Zootaxa 4881 (1), pp. 25-53 : 36

Opsiini Emeljanov, 1962

Masiripius Dlabola, 1981: 273

Type species Mahalana lubugris Distant, 1918 (here designated)

Notes: The genus Masiripius Dlabola, 1981 (p. 273) was established with the type species Platymetopius zizyphi Bergevin, 1922 by original designation.

Viraktamath & Murthy (1999: 44) pointed out the misidentification of the type species of Masiripius by Dlabola (1981) and proposed the actual taxonomic species studied by Dlabola, Mahalana lugubris Distant, 1918 , as the new type species of the genus. Unfortunately, according to the 3rd edition of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature ( ICZN, 1985), effective at that time, this was an illegitimate action. The cases of type species misidentification (Article 70b) had to be referred to the Commission for resolution. The 4th edition of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature ( ICZN, 1999) allows resolution of the cases like this one without application to the Commission. Article 70.3.2 is applied here to fix Mahalana lubugris Distant, 1918 , the taxonomic species actually involved in the misidentification as the type species of the genus Masiripius .

This action preserves the genus Oshaibahus El-Sonbati & Wilson, 2017 in El-Sonbati, Wilson & Al Dhafer (2017: 10) as valid because the latter was established based on the type species Platymetopius zizyphi Bergevin, 1922 (by original designation).