Mepraia spinolai, Porter

Gonçalves, Teresa Cristina Monte, Novo, Shênia Patrícia Corrêa, Lopes, Catarina Macedo & Santos-Mallet, Jacenir Reis Dos, 2009, Etymology of Triatomine Species (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae), Zootaxa 2148, pp. 1-26 : 21

Species. T. spinolai Porter

Synonym of Mepraia spinolai Mazza, Gajardo and Jörg

Etymology. The nature of the connective tissue firstly induced me to name it Tr. marginata ; but then I thought that I should name a Chilean species in honor of Spinola, who worked on most of the Hemiptera in the production from the illustrious Gay ( Porter 1934: 193).

Original citation. “El carácter del conexivo me indujo primeramente a llamarla Tr. marginata ; pero he pensado despúes que debía luego denominar uma especie chilena em honor de Spinola que trabajó la mayor parte de los Hemipteros em la obra del ilustre Gay” ( Porter 1934: 193).