Asaphesinae Burks & Heraty

Burks, Roger A. & Heraty, John M., 2020, First described fossil representatives of the parasitoid wasp taxa Asaphesinae n. n. and Eunotinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae sensu lato) from Eocene Baltic amber, Journal of Natural History 54 (9), pp. 801-812 : 803

Asaphesinae Burks & Heraty new name

Asaphini Ashmead, 1904: 327 , junior homonym of Asaphidae Burmeister, 1843: 118 (Trilobita) .

Type genus Asaphes Walker, 1834 .

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Nomenclatural note

The subfamily name Asaphinae Ashmead 1904 (originally the tribe Asaphini ) is a junior homonym of the trilobite family Asaphidae Burmeister 1843 : pg. 118, type genus Asaphus Brongniart. Even though these names were described at different family-group ranks, they are homonyms because all family-group names (superfamily to subtribe) compete for homonymy regardless of rank. The stem of the name (the genitive stem of the type genus) is what indicates homonymy of family groups ( ICZN 1999: Article 53.1). In this case, the genitive stems are both Asaph- and both stems are correctly formed. No other familygroup name exists as a junior synonym of Asaphinae Ashmead , and therefore we propose the replacement name Asaphesinae n. n. The two type generic names are not homonyms ( ICZN 1999: Article 56.2).