Triplatygini Cachan, 1952

Kment, Petr, 2008, A revision of the endemic Madagascan genus Triplatyx (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (2), pp. 543-582 : 547

Triplatygini Cachan, 1952

Triplatyxaria Cachan, 1952: 315, 373. Definition, key to tribes and genera. Triplatyxini: CASSIS & GROSS (2002): 433. List of tribes (based on ‘Rider, in litt.’). Triplatyxini: RIDER (2008). List of tribes.

Etymology. HORVÁTH (1904) ESTABLISHED GENERIC NAM THE E Triplatyx without any explanation of its etymology. However, the suffix - yx clearly suggests that the name was derived as a Greek word. Therefore, the correct spelling of the tribe is Triplatygini (see ICZN 1999: 29.3.1.). Cachan (1952) established the family-group name incorrectly as Triplatyxaria. David A. Rider corrected the ending to Triplatyxini on his web page (see Rider 2008), which was adopted by Cassis & Gr oss (2002). Triplatyxini was not used in any other work and there is no reason to maintain this spelling according to the Article 29.5. of ICZN (1999).