Fleutimelasa Otto and Kovalev

Otto, Robert L. & Kovalev, Alexey V., 2013, New Group Names for Two Genera within Eucnemidae (Coleoptera), The Coleopterists Bulletin 67 (4), pp. 600-601 : 600

Fleutimelasa Otto and Kovalev , new name

Suareziella Cobos, 1964 , junior homonym of Suareziella Mamet, 1954

Suarezia sensu Muona (2011) , junior homonym of Suarezia Budde-Lund, 1904

Type Species. Suareziella bispinosa Cobos, 1964 by original designation.

Etymology. The generic name is a combination of “ fleuti- ” dedicated to Edmond Fleutiaux, who published many papers on Eucnemidae from 1889–1947, and the stem “- melasa ” for the eucnemid genus Melasis Olivier. Gender is feminine.

Species Account and Distribution. One species known from South America.

Remarks. Cobos (1964) described the South American beetle genus Suareziella with the type species S. bispinosa by original designation. Unfortunately, the generic name is preoccupied by Mamet (1954), who described the coccid genus Suareziella ( Insecta: Hemiptera : Coccoidea: Coccidae ) distributed in Madagascar. Cobos (1964) intended to describe the eucnemid genus Suareziella , with bispinosa being the name for the only included species; however, a different name was detected on the caption for figure 5 (page 295), where the eucnemid was named “ Suarezia vispinosa ”. We have regarded this as an accidental misspelling. This resulted in the usage of Suarezia as an alternate group name by Muona (2011). Furthermore, the alternate name for the eucnemid genus is also preoccupied by Budde-Lund (1904), who described the genus Suarezia ( Malacostraca: Isopoda : Oniscidea: Scleropactidae ) from Madagascar. The names Suareziella Cobos, 1964 and the alternate name Suarezia sensu Muona (2011) are invalid under the rule of homonymy, being junior homonyms of Suareziella Mamet, 1954 and Suarezia Budde-Lund, 1904 , respectively. In accordance with Article 60 of ICZN (1999), the names must be rejected and replaced. Therefore, we propose to substitute the junior homonyms Suareziella Cobos, 1964 and Suarezia sensu Muona (2011) with Fleutimelasa new name. Removal of the species from Suareziella and Suarezia resulted in a new combination and is hereby proposed, Fleutimelasa bispinosa (Cobos, 1964) , new combination.