Subtiloria succinea ( Bolivar, 1912 )

Hugel, Sylvain, Warren, Ben H. & Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure, 2021, The Phalangopsidae crickets (Orthoptera, Grylloidea) of the Seychelles Archipelago: Taxonomy of an ecological radiation, Zootaxa 5047 (3), pp. 201-246 : 243

Subtiloria succinea ( Bolivar, 1912)

Ornebius succineus Bolivar, 1912: 281 .

Heterotrypus succineus — Gorochov 1996: 57.

Subtiloria succineus —Gerlach & Haas 2008: 55.

Subtiloria succinea succinea — Gorochov 2018b: 64.

The name Subtiloria succinea ( Bolivar, 1912) results from multiple confusions. Bolivar described in 1910 the Phalangopsidae Heterotrypus succineus Bolivar, 1910 from Equatorial Guinea. In 1912, he described the Mogoplistidae Ornebius succineus Bolivar, 1912 from Seychelles. Heterotrypus succineus Bolivar, 1910 was later transferred to another genus: Subtiloria succineus (Bolivar, 1910) by Gorochov (1999). Gerlach and Haas (2008), in a book on Orthoptera from Seychelles confounded both species. In the section on Phalangopsidae , they explicitly mentioned the Mogoplistidae Ornebius succineus Bolivar, 1912 as the original name of Subtiloria succineus ( Bolivar, 1912) , resulting in an unwanted but clearly stated new combination. In the Orthoptera Species File database, the Phalangopsidae Heterotrypus succineus Bolivar, 1910 was left under its original genus. Gorochov (2018b), in a study of Phalangopsidae later emended the name Subtiloria succineus as Subtiloria succinea and distinguished two subspecies under this species, without noticing the confusion. Unfortunately, no description year was mentioned by Gorochov, and the confusion was therefore not corrected in the Orthoptera Species File database. The original combination Ornebius succineus Bolivar, 1912 should therefore be considered as the right one for a scale cricket. The genus Subtiloria Gorochov, 1999 does not occur in Seychelles and the name Subtiloria succineus ( Bolivar, 1912) is a nomen nudum.